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 great pines, tall and dark past belief, stood absolutely motionless, like strange pillars of ebony.
From The Voice of the Pack by Marshall, Edison
He declared that the occurrence was past belief, and that he could see no way to account for it.
From A Black Adonis by Porter, Linn Boyd
