Neither you nor I believe your promises any more.
Did you believe your guard's promises that you'd be released?
None of them is sentient, but some have the potential, if only some naive young race will believe their promises.
"They believed your promises to use the profits for their own good ?"
Who would believe a mass murderer's promises to be nice from now on?
Real insurance makes sure the vendors believe their promises.
When that changes, I'll start believing your husband's promises.
The question now is whether those people are going to believe his many new promises.
He believed her promises to do better and quit using drugs.
"Do you think everyone in Lithra believed their promises?"