How do you use Believed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Believed in a sentence
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Believed meaning
simple past and past participle of believe
Using Believed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of believe
- In the example corpus, believed often appears in combinations such as: believed to, believed that, is believed.
Context around Believed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Believed
- In this selection, "believed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, powder, respondents, staff, wright, carter and social stand out and add context to how "believed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adding they believed the woman and and 22 believed it is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "believed" sits close to words such as pass, talk and version, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with believed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He said he believed his behavior was fine because he falsely believed Wright was a lobbyist. (16 words)
But I believed in myself, and the coaching staff believed in me, and my family members believed in me. (19 words)
Asked where be believed he lost the vote, Mr Crawford said he believed social media had a role to play. (20 words)
We believed that it was most desirable that the North should win; we believed in the principle that the Union is indissoluable; we, or many of us at least, also believed that the conflict was inevitable, and that slavery had lasted long enough. (43 words)
Dr. John H. Van Evrie believed that human skin color was inevitable and irreversible, the product of a divine plan; he also believed that this meant that black people were permanently incapable of expressing emotion in the same way as white people. (42 words)
Many NFL scouts believed Carter was the most talented prospect in the draft class, and many even believed he was the most talented defender on the 2021 Georgia defense that would eventually have seven players selected in the first round. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
More than half of respondents believed that the direction of the U.S. economy is getting worse, while 27% believed it is staying the same and 22% believed it is getting better, according to the poll.
But I believed in myself, and the coaching staff believed in me, and my family members believed in me.
We believed that it was most desirable that the North should win; we believed in the principle that the Union is indissoluable; we, or many of us at least, also believed that the conflict was inevitable, and that slavery had lasted long enough.
Dr. John H. Van Evrie believed that human skin color was inevitable and irreversible, the product of a divine plan; he also believed that this meant that black people were permanently incapable of expressing emotion in the same way as white people.
He believed it cheated fans; he believed that players should get up and go to work every day, like everyone else.
He said he believed his behavior was fine because he falsely believed Wright was a lobbyist.
Many NFL scouts believed Carter was the most talented prospect in the draft class, and many even believed he was the most talented defender on the 2021 Georgia defense that would eventually have seven players selected in the first round.
Asked where be believed he lost the vote, Mr Crawford said he believed social media had a role to play.
Gluttonous Kim is believed to have been born January 8, 1984, and while his birthday has never been confirmed by the state nor celebrated, it is believed he will still "note the occasion", an expert has claimed.
The knife found in her chest is believed to be from her apartment, police said, adding they believed the woman apparently killed herself.
The managing director of Nexus had previously said he believed Big Lots had “incredible potential” and believed the retailers “greatest days” were ahead.
All information and data presented herein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable and is believed to be accurate as of the time presented.
Authorities search for ‘Glee’ star believed to have drownedAuthorities planned Friday to renew the search for “Glee” star Naya Rivera, who is believed to.
Jackson found one small bag containing a white powder believed to be cocaine and one small bag of white and brown powder believed to be cocaine on Blackmon, McMillian said.
One suspect was believed to be in his late twenties or early thirties, and the other was believed to be in his mid-thirties.
Peter was confused because he believed Sydney, but at the same time, he believed Alayah and admitted he liked her a lot.
Raymond, who at that time believed God had given him the power to identify the demons, also described shooting at a window because he believed he saw a pentagram on it.
There was never any doubt in my mind that my mother believed wholeheartedly what she lectured, and for a long while I believed it as well.
It’s simply because we believed that others are better than us while that we refuse to believed in ourselves that we are better than them all.
Klopfer was believed to be Indiana's most prolific abortion doctor, and Hill said Friday that he is believed to have performed tens of thousands of abortions during his career.
Common combinations with believed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- believed to 99×
- believed that 41×
- is believed 39×
- he believed 25×
- believed in 19×
- believed the 17×
- they believed 16×
- believed it 14×
- was believed 12×
- believed he 9×