How to use "believe" in a sentence

I can't believe I've done this

I can't believe I'm still alive

I shake my head, unable to believe what I see.

I can't believe it! It doesn't seem real

I believe we are on Earth to do the things we love, even if that means making a hard choice

The men wanted to find and kill the sea monster, but after all this time everyone on the ship started to believe that there was no monster

I stood in front of the window like a small boy at the zoo, and, believe me, I didn't feel at all like Captain Nemo's prisoner.

"Come Professor, you don't believe that, do you?"

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt

We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation

I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

I tell you that while my friend believes also in the doctrine of violence and has adopted the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the weak, I believe in the doctrine of non-violence as a weapon of the strongest

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed with his breast bare before the enemy

I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation

But some students of the murders believe that Hutchinson's description is too precise and that he was lying for some reason.

This was so unusual that some writers today believe it was a Ripper murder

I don't believe it

I believe that he recently managed a small inn in the village of Montfermeil, not far from Paris

An elderly man and a young girl appeared in the doorway and Marius, still looking through the hole in the wall, could not believe his eyes.

He could not believe this was happening to him

Valjean moved closer to the mirror and read the lines again, not wanting to believe them

'I can't believe it

It was arranged that the couple, who could not believe their sudden, new-found happiness, would live with M

He could not believe that this was the same man he had seen at the barricade all those months ago - it seemed like a bad dream to him.

Marius could not believe his luck

When Thenardier had left, unable to believe his good fortune, Marius ran to find Cosette and told her everything immediately.

It seems like the ground is moving slowly up, and I believe that this is right

I do not believe it, and I take the computer.

Branwell knows it, but he cannot believe it.

Branwell still cannot believe it, yet the similarity is perfect

"Bloody poms never believe us about the salties."

He does not believe the brothers, not for a moment

I believe Father O'Connor passed away nearly ten years ago."

But then he slowly says something as if he does not himself believe what he is saying

She couldn't believe it

She wished she could believe him

I would love to believe it's front him

"Gran, I can't believe he's even considering it." Her eyes filled with tears

He truly didn't believe the fruit came from another world beyond the city boundary - and she couldn't really blame him

She couldn't believe it - she was face to face with a beautiful gray dolphin

There's more to the world than this city, believe me

I'm just saying - maybe the world out there is not as terrible as the government would like us to believe."

"Are you two crazy?" Niki couldn't believe it

Sala couldn't believe how much her life was suddenly changing, but she didn't try to discuss it with Cham

"Sala, I can't believe you took such a risk

"I want to believe it," he said

But none of Cham's grandparents were alive, so maybe it wasn't surprising that he found it hard to believe in another world.

"I know you believe in something better than all this

I can't believe how fresh the air is and the sky is just..." At last, he paused for a second.

"Cham doesn't even believe anything the rebels are telling us

Sala couldn't believe it

But I believe that this is best for all of us." He looked over at Dani, who nodded in agreement

"We both believe that

So we really believe now that there's a better life out there

If you don't believe me, you can get out of the car now.'

But somehow I still could not believe it.

Was he beginning to believe Favell's story?

I could not believe it.

I believe that Rebecca lied to me on purpose

Vivienne reached for the doorknob but stopped before touching it, unable to believe what she was seeing

But she didn't believe in ghosts

She believed in death and taxes, in the inevitability of slot-machine jackpots, in all-you-can-eat casino buffets for $5.95 per person, in the Lord God Almighty, in the truth of alien abductions and Big Foot, but she didn't believe in ghosts.

Vivienne had to remind herself that she didn't believe in ghosts.

Regardless of how convincingly and earnestly she described these bizarre events, no one would believe her

They can't believe it

I can't believe you said that! It wasn't a fling

"Don't you believe that's possible?"

Because the mother hadn't seen the body in the funeral home, she just couldn't bring herself to believe her daughter was really dead

"I believe you just did."

The spirit world? Visions? Clairvoyant experiences? She didn't believe in any of that psychic, supernatural stuff

At least she'd always thought she didn't believe in it

She was more able to believe that he was joking than that he had really been in danger

At least that was what Elliot wanted to believe.

"I just can't believe the government would murder a group of little children just because they accidentally got a glimpse of a new weapon or something."

The two words blasted out of the speakers in all corners of the diner with such incredible, bone-jarring force that it was difficult to believe that the machine had been built with the capability of pouring out sound with this excessive, unnerving power.

Al didn't believe her, but Tina did.

"I still can't believe you're right

I know some pretty damn intelligent people believe in ESP, but I don't

The longer he thought about it, the less Kennebeck was able to believe that the Evans woman knew the truth about her son

Kennebeck tended to believe Stryker

"Yeah, I believe there's a chance you're right."

I really believe that

I didn't want to believe it at first."

George was encouraged by the President to believe that eventually he would be promoted to the bureau chief of the entire western half of the country - and then all the way to the top, if only he could get the floundering western division functioning as smoothly as the South American and Nevada offices

George liked to believe that they might even find it in their hearts to forgive him for having pulled the trigger himself.

"I do believe

She said, "People who believe in the occult have a thing they call 'automatic writing.' Ever hear of it?"

"I don't believe for a minute it's going to work

"Well," Elliot said, "I happen to believe that individuals are more apt to act responsibly and morally than institutions ever do, which at least puts us on the side of justice

And I also believe individuals are always smarter and better adapted to survival, at least in the long run, than any institution

The guard stopped halfway to the Explorer and turned toward the gate when he saw it moving, unable to believe his eyes.

An ex-showgirl! Alexander refused to believe that a showgirl could be of more than average intelligence

"I can't believe what I just heard."

Lots of people out there in the rest of the world - they believe in chemical and biological warfare

Jaborski didn't believe Bollinger's story for a minute, but he finally offered to take him to the wildlife center where a rescue effort could be mounted

I'm going to make them believe he was the one who cooperated with you

A year later, Tina has reason to believe the accident did not occur as reported - that her son is alive, is being held against his will, and is in desperate need of her

'Do you believe she is really mad?'

'I believe Madame Delambre has a very clear brain..

The excitement rose, then Miss Marple said, 'Bad girl! If you make things up, people often believe them, and sometimes that leads to problems.'

Griselda paused, then said, 'You do believe me, don't you? When I say there's nothing between Lawrence and me.'

'You'd believe me whatever I said, wouldn't you?' And then she left the room.

'As a vicar I believe in forgiveness.'

'I can't believe it, even now,' Griselda interrupted

And young men are so hot-headed and so quick to believe the worst.'

It is difficult to imagine being in such a position, but I cannot believe I would be upset myself.'

I can't believe he is a murderer.'

'I believe that Mrs Protheroe passed by your garden yesterday evening?'

'Colonel Melchett,' Miss Marple said, 'why don't you tell Mr Redding what Mrs Protheroe has done and explain that you don't believe her

I couldn't believe it when I heard the police had arrested him

As soon as I went in, Melchett said, 'Inspector Slack does not believe that Redding is innocent.'

'And why should I believe you?' said Slack

'I don't believe that it was Lawrence or Anne, or Lettice,' Griselda said

'Well, we do not believe her story either,' said Melchett

'Oh,' Slack said, 'I believe the old lady's right

'I believe I did hear some shots.'

I believe that it was after.'

'He said, "I don't believe it

Whatever Dr Haydock says, I don't believe it."'

'I believe this is yours.'

I read it once - twice - but I still could not believe what it said.

I believe that picric acid explodes if you drop something heavy onto it

'But I don't believe you can prove any of it.'

'But you do believe it is true, don't you?'

Sometimes, I believe, he really thought she had done it!' She paused

I now believe that this was a fire built to make an enormous gun in a very deep pit

I saw a young man - I believe he was a shop assistant in Woking - standing on the cylinder and trying to climb out of the pit again

I could not believe it.

I believe they've built a flying-machine and are learning to fly'

'Don't you believe that we're beaten? I do.'

I did not believe this at the time.

Possibly they also believe this.

She told me that she had wanted some fresh air, but I did not believe her

'Anyway, you won't believe me if I tell you the truth.'

'Because I'll believe everything you say to me,' she answered simply.

Please believe me

I know you spoke to her yesterday.' Laura told him everything, but he did not believe her

'I don't believe you,' he said.

Women, said Simone, are always described as "The Other" - she means that women do not act like men, and, because of this, men believe that women are not as important as them.

Many people believe that Rosalind, like Lise Meitner, did not get the Nobel Prize because she was a woman.

"I did not understand it at the time," she said later, "but I believe that little red aeroplane said something to me as it went by." In 1920, a pilot took her up in an aeroplane, and that changed her life

"I cannot believe this

"My son, Don Diego! I can't believe it!" exclaims Don Alejandro.