Sentence examples for persistent belief from inspiring English sources

A persistent belief, experts say, but a wrong and potentially injurious one.

It survives in the persistent belief that food can have aphrodisiac properties.

There is a persistent belief, Duffy continues, "that girls just don't get blown up".

What Dove does now is point out that there is nothing wrong with you except your persistent belief that everything is wrong with you.

Riccardo Amoroso, head of innovation and sustainability, Enel Green Power, Rome, Italy The key barrier is the persistent belief that renewables expansion is costly rather than cost saving.

There is a persistent belief that women are inferior to men, or equal but fundamentally different, and meant for humbler roles.

"The notion of obstructed flow is one of the most ancient and persistent beliefs in medicine," he says.

Their concern is with those persistent beliefs which are not just demonstrably false but also potentially deadly, like the conviction that vaccines are hazardous.

While attitudes and behaviors are affected by situations and change over time, values are stable and persistent beliefs that transcend objects and situations (Rokeach 1973; Schwartz 1994).

Intrigued by these persistent beliefs, psychologists have started to look at why some of us can't shake off old superstitions and folk-lore.

However, in some men and women, we found persistent beliefs that convinced the HIV-negative partner he/she was positive.