Explore Believes through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Believes meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of believe
Using Believes
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of believe
- In the example corpus, believes often appears in combinations such as: believes that, he believes, believes the.
Context around Believes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Believes
- In this selection, "believes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, firmly, ferguson, government, district, expects and estimate stand out and add context to how "believes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as saunders believes he can and biden firmly believes or what. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "believes" sits close to words such as application, actions and championship, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with believes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He believes going to Pittsburgh will reignite him…he believes he’s going to play great. (16 words)
He just wants people to hear a song he believes in and believes others will benefit from. (17 words)
Cochran said he believes those contracts have been beneficial for the city, but he believes options should be revisited. (19 words)
While he said he was stepping aside “to unite my party,” he did not say that he believes he’s too old to run, or that he’s unable to take on a campaign because of any physical or mental limitations, or that he believes he could not defeat Donald Trump. (51 words)
The doctor, unmoved and steadfast, completely sure he is doing the right thing, decides that he has to find a way to push Drew forward, and believes that a spring formal dance is the way to sway him to, what he believes is, the right decision. (46 words)
Orens believes that the MPG "checked the most boxes" when the CDA selection committee reviewed the first round of proposals, and believes it will again; he also says that he had no knowledge Seeb was on the contract selection committee. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Councillor Ferguson believes a move to lower the speed limit on the whole island would be difficult, but believes it would make its roads safer.
If the government believes that the budget is increasing in an alarming manner, he believes that the government should reassess the country’s current structure and look for ways to divide resources more fairly.
Reichert believes District Four needs to have a Spanish speaker on staff to represent the Latino community, she believes that the Arab and Filipino communities need to be represented as well.
The words or phrases “can be,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “may affect,” “may depend,” “believes,” “estimate,” “project” and similar words and phrases are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.
While Schiff said he believes that Biden has handled the situation differently than Trump, he believes that Congress “ought to handle both situations the same way” and conduct its own review in both cases.
He believes going to Pittsburgh will reignite him…he believes he’s going to play great.
No one inside the White House knows what Biden firmly believes, or what political game he's playing, and believes he's malleable to pressure.
Ramirez said Roberts told him that “he believes in me, he believes in my talent, that I’m an elite pitcher.
The doctor, unmoved and steadfast, completely sure he is doing the right thing, decides that he has to find a way to push Drew forward, and believes that a spring formal dance is the way to sway him to, what he believes is, the right decision.
While he said he was stepping aside “to unite my party,” he did not say that he believes he’s too old to run, or that he’s unable to take on a campaign because of any physical or mental limitations, or that he believes he could not defeat Donald Trump.
Cochran said he believes those contracts have been beneficial for the city, but he believes options should be revisited.
Orens believes that the MPG "checked the most boxes" when the CDA selection committee reviewed the first round of proposals, and believes it will again; he also says that he had no knowledge Seeb was on the contract selection committee.
When I asked Bellini if she believes in Heaven and Hell, she said no: she believes that the concepts are placeholder explanations for puzzles beyond our understanding.
When Trump tells us that he believes that Article II offers him the divine right of executive power, a magic pen imbued with more authority than two equal branches of government, believe that he believes that.
He just wants people to hear a song he believes in and believes others will benefit from.
Lynn Clerk Believes Same Man Robbed Store 3 Times In 3 MonthsThe owner of a Lynn convenience store believes her store was robbed by the same man three times in the last three months.
Ng not only believes that there should be free internet access in the Greater Bay, he also believes that there is a high chance for the proposal to become a reality.
Saunders has been on the Wolves’ coaching staff for all of Wiggins’ NBA career, and the wing firmly believes Saunders is the right man for the job, much as Saunders believes he can get more out of Wiggins.
On his Twitter account, he posts images of airport security staff he believes to be Muslims, calling them terrorists, and of American mosques he believes to be part of a vast, subversive and secret Islamic conquest of the United States.
The national president of the Institute of Landscape Architects, Linda Corkery, believes pedestrians and cyclists are mixing "pretty well" but she believes the bridge could better celebrate the industrial heritage of Darling Harbour.
Common combinations with believes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- believes that 54×
- he believes 46×
- believes the 37×
- believes in 20×
- she believes 18×
- believes it 14×
- believes he 11×
- and believes 9×
- who believes 6×
- believes is 5×