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Invoking Martin Luther's "Here I stand" may have been his own idea but dwindled without "I can do no other," which in the circumstances might have brought disbelieving giggles.
"If you can kill a disbelieving American or European, especially the spiteful and filthy French, or an Australian or a Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way, however it may be," he said.
McCullum faced eight balls, but tried to hit each for six, swinging and missing with an abandon that verged on recklessness, but Ross Taylor hit 77 off 62 balls, and Leicestershire did not help themselves by dropping Ronchi on 49, Ollie Freckingham grassing a straightforward chance off a disbelieving Umar Akmal at long leg.
Old comrades reunited with tears, hugs and disbelieving faces.
Mr Romney, understandably, sounded disbelieving as he reminded his opponent of broken promises to halve the deficit and noted: "You've been president four years!"Mr Romney came close to performing the tack to the centre that many had expected after he won the brutal Republican primary.
In a conjunction surreal enough to inspire disbelieving exchanges between strangers, the country was afflicted by both floods and would you credit it?—a drought-induced ban on householders using hoses.
The American Red Cross brushed aside a request to intervene, saying that inquiries about Americans "domiciled" (hardly the right word) in NKVD camps would be a source of "annoyance, if not embarrassment".A handful of survivors returned to tell their story to an often disbelieving public.
Mr Sharon has re-established Israel's untrammelled military rule of the West Bank, enabling his soldiers to enter Palestinian areas at will and to lay siege to the rest.But the main reason for disbelieving in change, say Palestinians, is that Mr Sharon's policies preclude meaningful reformThere is no sign that this will change.
Among the stiff stacks of unburied corpses and the ghostlike, disbelieving living, he had been able only to think how lucky he was.
The thought that the underlying cause may be hereditary, though, is one reason for disbelieving the hypothesis, which gained traction a few years ago but is now discredited, that measles vaccinations cause autism.One suggestion that does pop up from time to time is that the process which leads to autism involves faulty mitochondria.
Their squabble has little to do with reform, and everything to do with who will land the choice job as head of a single Palestinian security force.But the main reason for disbelieving in change, say Palestinians, is that Mr Sharon's policies preclude meaningful reform, no matter how much he presents it as a condition for talks.
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The term "disbelieving " functions primarily as an adjective , modifying nouns to describe a state of incredulity or skepticism. Ludwig confirms this, showcasing its use in various contexts to depict someone's reaction to surprising or unbelievable information.
Expression frequency: Very common
