Sentence examples for believed rather from inspiring English sources

He believed, rather, in the innocence of childhood.

Clear majorities of Americans saw Bush as being more likable, more honest and ethical, more likely to say what he believed rather than what people wanted to hear.

With discernment we see not shadows lurking in closets or the stereotypes of what was once believed; rather, we see families committed to the common purpose of love, devotion, and service to the greater community.

There, Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain were seen as equally likely to say what they believed rather than what people wanted to hear; here, Mr. McCain had an advantage on that score.

Mr Robinson fired off a second round of disrespect by asking if the bosses of John Lewis, Standard Life and BP, who weren't sounding financially enamoured by the idea of new Scottish state, should be believed rather than the First Minister.

The foreword, in which the then prime minister said he believed intelligence "established beyond doubt" that Saddam was continuing to produce chemical and biological weapons, and hoped to produce nuclear weapons, was "grounded in what Mr Blair believed, rather than in the judgments which the joint intelligence committee had actually reached in its assessment of the intelligence", Chilcot finds.

He sees no evidence that the Soviets either have or desire nuclear superiority, believing rather that they are striving only for statistical equivalence.

The Oscar and critical praise heaped on Leto was basically for backing up what people believe rather than portraying an emotionally real character".

Quoting the American cartoonist and author James Thurber, he wrote: "…most people want to believe rather than to know, to take for granted rather than to find out".

I've seen funnier Jimmy Porters but Patrick Knowles plays him very well as a displaced romantic who believes, rather like Osborne himself, that life is validated by pain.

Confirmation bias, for another example, inclines humans to look for confirmation of what they already believe rather than for evidence disproving it.