How to Use believe in a Sentence

believe

verb
  • The scientists believed the reports.
  • They were tricked into believing that he was a doctor.
  • He says he'll help us, but I don't believe him.
  • He says he'll help us, but I don't believe what he says.
  • You shouldn't believe everything you read.
  • Many people seem to believe that theory, but I find it hard to believe.
  • She went to church because her family expected it, but she didn't really believe.
  • These sharks are believed to have come from there.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The tool is now believed to be part of a bow drill.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Lucky for me and believe it or not, my dream came true.
    — Photovogue, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Both are believed to be held in Evin prison.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But Young doesn’t believe that.
    — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But more progress, Brækhus believes, still needs to be made.
    — George Ramsay, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There was no reason to believe him.
    — Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Did anybody lead you to believe this?
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The team believes there’s plenty more in him, too.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Turvey believes there were at least two.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The younger Prigozhin is believed to have died in a plane crash this week.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Let’s tell you what made that blast so special, and yet so hard to believe.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • That’s an insane thing to believe.
    — Holly Gleason, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • And if the stories are to be believed, a few ghosts still stop by from time to time.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There are still 48 hostages believed to be held in Gaza.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Roa could not believe the news of Maduro’s capture.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Kennedy seems to believe that the evidence is on his side.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But Fowler believes there is a real chance that changes this year.
    — Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Nobody believes you were frozen.
    — Susan Young, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Cities—homes to so many of us—need champions who believe in them.
    — Shlomo Angel, WSJ, 12 July 2022
  • Police do not believe all those deaths are linked to the same person.
    — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Two friends sitting next to me refused to believe it.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • He is believed to have claimed more than 20 wives in total.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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