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Example sentences for "cannot believe"

  • It must be a hoax," he went on; "I cannot believe it.

  • No; it is quite bad enough that we have to face a Sepoy mutiny; I cannot believe that we are likely to have a general rising on our hands.

  • I cannot believe it," the Doctor said warmly.

  • I cannot believe that it will ever be attempted.

  • I cannot believe that it will ever be executed.

  • I have heard, I read hourly, what has happened: I cannot believe it yet; but if my beloved parents and the remainder of the family are at least safe I won't mind the rest.

  • Stockmar I do not quite understand, and I cannot believe that he really wishes to ruin all the smaller States, though his principal object is that unity which I fear he will not obtain.

  • We do not, and we cannot believe in the existence of matter per se; therefore, we cannot believe in the existence of matter at all.

  • When ye are in a good temper, ye think he loves you; when it is not so ye cannot believe but he is angry, and hates you.

  • Ye then that never examined your state, according to the perfect and holy law, and never judged yourselves, ye cannot believe in Jesus, and so can have no good conscience.

  • I cannot believe happiness to be the purpose of life, for when was anything ordained with an unattainable purpose?

  • But we cannot believe them on God's authority till we have first believed in the authority of God.

  • We cannot believe in Him at all, and not believe that His message is final.

  • I cannot believe at all, except I am, and have a certain history and faculties.

  • To this defendant it seemed improbable that God was ever born of woman, was ever held in the lap of a mother; and because he cannot believe this, he is charged with blasphemy.

  • Notwithstanding all I have heard of Katie King, I cannot believe that a witch at Endor materialized the ghost of Samuel and caused it to appear with a cloak on.

  • They say that we all spring from turtles now; but I cannot believe it; for cannibalism is never nice, and turtle is.

  • But I cannot believe that I come to Christ aright, because sometimes I am apt to question his very being and office to save.

  • I cannot believe, but that thou thinkest they have verily got the best on't.

  • That he is a Priest, a Priest for ever, I heartily acknowledge; but that his priesthood and advocateship should be one and the self-same office, I cannot believe.

  • I cannot believe it,' interrupted my companion, his face burning with indignation.

  • It is a hateful idea, but I cannot believe it is a false one.

  • Oh, I cannot believe it; I cannot believe it!

  • It is no comfort to me--and I cannot--I cannot believe it!

  • I cannot believe it--of course, I cannot believe it.

  • Our caste has been compelled by the force of circumstances to accept this as a dogma, but we cannot believe it in our hearts.

  • It sprang from the trustless dread that cannot believe in the forgiveness of the Father; cannot believe that even God will do anything for nothing; cannot trust him without a legal arrangement to bind him.

  • If the selfish man could believe it, he would misinterpret it; but he cannot believe it.

  • But I will not, cannot believe, O my Lord, that thou wouldst not forgive thy enemy, even when he repented, and did thee right.

  • Old Testament is full, cannot believe in Christ's moral law; a man who believes in the doctrine and the preaching of the church about the compatibility of executions and wars with Christianity, cannot believe in the brotherhood of men.

  • Nor can it be otherwise: men who believe in a bad and senseless God, who has cursed the human race and who has doomed His son to be a victim, and has doomed a part of humanity to everlasting torment, cannot believe in a God of love.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    alarm clock; became bishop; cannot deny; cannot describe; cannot explain; cannot forbear; cannot have; cannot help; cannot hope; cannot imagine; cannot live; cannot make; cannot possibly; cannot read; cannot remember; cannot save; cannot stand; cannot stop; cannot think; cannot well; little above; own way; perhaps because; perhaps even; speaking people; weighing from