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Meanings of believing in English

Believing in and showing reverence for God or a deity.

Usage of believing in English
1
People are not really believing that the rally will continue, he said.
Reuters
2
Perhaps she asked to come with us believing we might help her.
The First King of Shannara
3
First, there is good reason for believing causation goes the other way.
The Guardian
4
I don't think he'll have a bit of a problem believing me.
First flight
5
Meaning there were good reasons for believing she was on his side.
The Guardian
6
He became involved believing that he was doing nothing wrong, Dance said.
The South African
7
He knew it, yet had a hard time believing it was true.
The preacher
8
It was more a case of believing he wasn't available for England.
The Guardian
9
Many still have trouble believing him, and it's easy to understand why.
Wired
10
On believing his time to win a Major had finally come .
The Irish Times
11
She went on believing in the things in which she was believing.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein / With Two Shorter Stories
12
You were coming confident and fearless, believing in happiness in the future.
Madame Bovary
13
You can enjoy a good myth without believing in it, after all.
The Guardian
14
I remember believing that all Italian men would be like him: cold.
Changeless
15
As for you not believing in this war, I don't believe it.
Bones of the Dragon
16
He had been maneuvered into presenting a case without believing it himself.
Anvil of stars
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Common
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