Just because I have believed your statement is no reason why the police would do so.

The horrified look on Paine's face let her know that he really believed her statement.

Goldberg shook his head as though he did not believe his own statement.

He was afraid that this cold-toned chief did not believe his statement.

Now they file the complaint immediately and believe the victim's statement without questioning.

Going downstairs alone, the lawyer began to believe the old man's statement that his death was near.

She would have believed our simple statement if Hedda had not harped on it.

Joe appears to believe Compton's statement at first, but then takes it as a joke.

I expect he had believed his calm statement would frighten or alarm me, and my manner irritated him.

He believed their statement that they had arrived at six-fifteen.