Sentence examples for were believed by from inspiring English sources

The sparring heterosexual couples in Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" were believed by many at the time to be gay couples in drag.

Jesus, it was felt, had an affinity with Muhammad, and had predicted his coming (61 6), just as the Hebrew prophets were believed by Christians to have foretold the coming of Christ.

The cases that have been the subject of recent trials in court involve black children who were believed by their Christian extremist abusers to be possessed by demonic forces that could only be exorcised by extreme and barbaric cruelty.

Eclipses were believed by many ancient societies to be omens that, depending on how they were interpreted, could foretell the future of a monarch, for example, or the outcome of a military campaign.

Blitzkrieg tactics were used in the successful German invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France in 1940, which saw audacious applications of air power and airborne infantry to overcome fixed fortifications that were believed by the defenders to be impregnable.

The government may produce witnesses who will testify that Bonds knew that others around him (including rival stars) were believed by other players to be taking steroids and that it was common knowledge among players that steroids increased muscle mass and added power.

Almost all are believed, by believers, to be contact points between the natural and supernatural worlds.

That theory is believed by most scientists.

Neither was believed by the court.

He was believed by some to be a candidate for chancellor.

(The sea is believed by Christians to be the location where Jesus walked on water).