past belief
Example Sentences
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We were thrilled past belief Till we found, to our grief, She had not bought a dinosaur for us.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019
It's a job he's done before and given his past belief in the abilities of big computer systems, could he be the man to wrestle with the introduction of Universal Credit?
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2016
Her past belief in being able to control all variables, including microbes, fissured when the illusion of Ford and her world ended after John’s tragic death.
From Scientific American • Apr. 7, 2011
The face that showed so dimly in the shadowed room looked just as Bruce had expected,—wrinkled past belief, lean and hawk-nosed from age.
From The Strength of the Pines by Marshall, Edison
"Great sire of stories past belief; Historian of the Mingo chief; Philosopher of Indians' hair; Inventor of a rocking-chair; The correspondent of Mazzei, And Banneker, less black than he," et seq.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
