Sentence examples for half believing from inspiring English sources

So I wait, half believing that she'll figure out my secret for herself, or drag it out of me, not that she ever tries.

Her husband had been seduced by reading a pro-Zionist novel — "Thieves in the Night," by Arthur Koestler — into half believing that the land itself was waiting for them.

He runs the gamut of more than half believing in Seeing Stones and Celtic prophets, to a decision to give up hunting to attain a Buddhist serenity, and wonders, as well, if he is becoming a homosexual.

The PSR's survey showed that the majority of Palestinians feel that the Noble Sanctuary Haramm al-Sharif) is in grave danger, with half believing that Israel intends to destroy the mosque and Dome of the Rock and replace them with a Jewish temple, and more fearing the prospect of the holy site being divided to allow the construction of a synagogue.

It remains to be seen what happens once Mr Maduro is officially sworn in as president on Friday, with half of the country refusing to accept his victory, and the other half believing there is a coup under way.

And even after years of concentrated rediscovery and embrace of Jewish history and culture in Poland, surveys in 2013 still showed almost a quarter of Poles holding traditionally anti-Semitic beliefs, with over half believing Jews enjoy undue control over global financial and media institutions an increase from 2009.

I half believed him.

I only half believed it anyway.

Sometimes I only half believed him.

More than half believe it has increased in recent years.

Yataro's favorite was "han shin han gi" or "half believe half suspect".