That belief proved wrong, and the bonds went into default within a few months.

This belief too proved problematic to the government.

- so what if ancient beliefs about the Progenitors prove wrong!

Our belief proved, alas, to be only too well founded.

But so far, such a belief is proving, as Samuel Johnson once said, to be a triumph of hope over experience.

What a triumph it will be for her, if my belief proves true!

These beliefs have proven themselves time and again throughout his life.

And that belief more often than not has proved to be correct.

Selkirk's beliefs proved to be well founded; the ship sank one month later with few survivors.

Our schools and general thinking are cluttered with beliefs long proved absurd by contemporary knowledge.