I half believe, sometimes, that she is no cat, but the wolf of the old saying.

They would think him mad-mad as he half believed himself to be.

The lie came easily; he half believed it himself.

He half believed that it had been a dream.

But by the next morning, a Saturday, I half believed it all had been a nightmare.

I half believed him, even as I thought it didn't make sense.

I half believe he would have stolen or murdered for it, certainly shared the bed with me.

An idea came to me - I half believed it myself.

She read that book on witchcraft and she half believed it.

That couldn't have been him, moving too fast for anyone to see, even though that's what she half believed.