Convictions

Examples

• But there was some power of personality in him that prevailed over their coldness, and he made them listen to his new convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Through its critical process true knowledge is revised and extended, and our convictions as to the state of things reorganized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The Stoic tried to win men's hearts and convictions by sheer subtlety of abstract argument and dazzling sublimity of thought and expression. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And he set himself to weaken the republicans whose fundamental convictions he was planning to outrage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Above all, they were to be men of strong convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My own convictions led me to believe that the hidden contents of the parchment concealed a transaction of the meanest and the most fraudulent kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Now whoever has followed political theory will have derived perhaps two convictions as a reward. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He had tested and weighed his convictions again and again, and saw no reason to alter them, though he had considerably lessened his plan. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Then follow informations and convictions for treason. Plato. The Republic.
• But I shall not therefore drop one iota of my convictions, or cease to identify myself with that truth which an evil generation hates. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The real groups dare not speak their convictions for fear the crust will break. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The case of the Countess Olenska had stirred up old settled convictions and set them drifting dangerously through his mind. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Edison's convictions were strong, however, and he persisted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• My doubts--or to speak more correctly, my convictions--were confirmed by Miss Halcombe's language and manner when I saw her again later in the day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And that he would have the courage of his convictions my knowledge of his character assured me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• So far as your own convictions are concerned, I am certain you have spoken the truth, he replied. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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