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Sentences starting with conviction

Conviction was upon him, and he watched the other's anguished face with anguish and excitement in his own. [11]
Conviction rang in every word. [9]

Sentences ending with conviction

There was much whispering and there were many conjectures as to its authorship, but every Teacup looked innocent, and we separated each with his or her private conviction. [6]
Life to him was now a puzzle towards the solution of which he moved with conquering conviction. [11]
Her tone, however, was not one of conviction. [9]
I was determined to fulfil myself; and in doing so to take no instructions except those of my own conscience, impulse, and conviction. [11]
A glance at the contemptible form cowering within the folds of the flowered gown clinched it to a conviction. [9]
It is conceivable that as time went on the thought in their minds and its reflection in hers might solidify into conviction. [5]
It was evident that any answer would lead to conviction. [2]
It would be so easy to fetch it across; but Voban, as you see, is not a man of absolute conviction. [11]
All these thoughts passed through my mind, not with the rapidity of lightning, as is usual in such cases, but with the slowness of conviction. [4]
It verified his own conviction. [13]

Short sentences using conviction

This instinctive conviction inflamed him. [9]
Sally's conviction had been right. [11]
I obey conviction. [11]

Sentences containing conviction two or more times

He had wrought himself thoroughly into the conviction that he was in earnest, and that everything depended upon her answer to him, but it was not till he found himself in her presence, and alone with her, that he realized the truth of his conviction. [8]
If he ever had a conviction he acted on it instantly, staked everything, when that conviction got into his inner being. [11]

More example sentences with the word conviction in them

If I had yours to put up alongside of them, I believe the combination would bring more souls to earnest reflection and ultimate conviction of their lost condition, than any other kind of warning would. [5]
What becomes of your dogmas, in the face of the first misfortune--dogmas which enjoin a reserve of decisive judgment, that you may preserve your equanimity, and not overburden your soul, in addition to the misfortune itself, with the conviction that something monstrous has befallen you? [10]
Thus the ingenuous young man argued with himself, until it seemed plain to him that if Evelyn loved him, and the conviction grew that she did, all obstacles must give way to this overmastering passion of his life. [4]
I know that you do it from thorough conviction, but with other acknowledged great artists and our judges, you, too, demand beauty--always beauty. [10]
Moreover, my conviction would probably deprive him for six whole afternoons of my company, on which he was more or less dependent. [9]
For bushrangers he would have a modern Tyburn, but this and other tragic suggestions lacked conviction when confronted with his verdicts given as Justice of the Peace. [11]
And, if the world will no longer tolerate the old theories, a tribute may at least be paid to those who from conviction upheld them; who ruled, perhaps in affluence, yet were also willing to toil and, if need be, to die for the privilege. [9]
But that one word expressed an entreaty, a threat, and above all conviction that she would herself regret her words. [2]
Only the conviction with which men like Clemens and Origen, who were friends of his wife, declared that the doctrine to which they adhered was the only right one--was, in fact, the truth itself--seemed to the skeptic "foolishness. [10]
To repay them with treachery and desertion was foreign to his nature and, drawing a long breath, he sprang to his feet with the conviction that he had chosen aright. [10]
His recent interview with the Doctor, certain remarks which had been dropped in his hearing, but above all an unaccountable impression upon his spirits, all combined to fill his mind with a foreboding conviction that he was very near some overshadowing danger. [6]
No," she added, with conviction, "I never again expect to see him alive. [9]
Then she knew with conviction that the explanation of the automobile had been an excuse; she had comprehended almost nothing of it, but she had been impressed by the facility with which he described it, by his evident mastery over it. [9]
The young fellow whom they call John said he knew all about it; he had just lighted a cheroot the other day, when a tremendous conviction all at once came over him that he had done just that same thing ever so many times before. [6]
Their older friends, who had turned their backs on the couple and were talking busily by a window, paid no heed to them, and the blissful conviction of being loved as ardently as she loved flooded her whole being. [10]
I managed, somehow, when the commotion had subsided, to regain my poise, and ended by uttering the conviction that the common sense of the community would repudiate the Citizens Union and all it stood for.... [9]
Their conviction that we were lost was forgotten in the cheer of a good supper, and before the reaction had a chance to set in, I loaded them up with paregoric and put them to bed. [5]
And yet--so I was told afterwards--my delivery was not mechanical, and I actually achieved more emphasis, gave a greater impression of conviction than at any time since the night I had lost my control and violently denounced the reformers. [9]
But at the very time he was expressing this conviction to himself, in another part of his mind her image rose in all its womanly beauty. [2]
With that conviction Venters felt a shame throughout his body, and it marked the rekindling of fierce anger and ruthlessness. [13]
She might look upon it again--many times, perhaps--but a conviction was strong in her that its daily possession would now be only a memory. [9]
A conviction grew upon him that it was a face which his son, or any other man, would not be likely to forget. [9]
Something in the unfailing good-humour, the buoyant energy, the wide imagination of the man seized Dicky, warranted the conviction that he would yet make a success. [11]
It was altogether too good luck for him; but he had an uncomfortable conviction that he had a long path of penance to walk before he could hope to enjoy it. [11]
I have come to you with the conviction that I shall not have appealed in vain. [9]
He was drawn to them: the conviction grew upon him that he did not reach them, and it troubled him, as he thought, disproportionately. [9]
Legislation in regard to the parole system has also considered whether a man should be considered in the criminal class on his first conviction for a penal offense. [4]
He did everything to put himself in the way of conviction, was constant at the evening meetings, wore a grave face, refrained from play, and tried to feel anxious. [4]
He has confessed to my mother, as to a true and dear friend, his love for E----, and his conviction of its utter hopelessness. [4]
He found himself, to his surprise, surveying with equanimity the pile of books in the corner which had led him to the conviction of the emptiness of the universe--but the universe was no longer empty! [9]
These words, whispered to her with entire conviction, had not been without their effect. [10]
It was mentioned to her that he would like to call and see how she was, and she consented,--not with much apparent interest, for she had reasons of her own for not feeling any very deep conviction of his sympathy for persons in sorrow. [6]
One great relief to her mind at this time was derived from the conviction that her father took a positive pleasure in all the thoughts about and preparations for her wedding. [14]
Then he set to deliberate thinking, and there came to him the startling conviction that he must leave Surprise Valley and take Bess with him. [13]
Some natures cling to beliefs long after conviction has been shattered. [11]
We declare it to be our solemn conviction, that the Whigs are always a majority of this nation; and that to make them always successful needs but to get them all to the polls and to vote unitedly. [7]
Clergymen ought not to be apologetic, and your conviction cannot fail, in the long run, to have its effect. [9]
From time to time, deep within her, she felt persisting a conviction that that was reality, this illusion, but she fought it down. [9]
For a short time Erasmus found no answer to this statement, and Wolf's old nurse, who herself clung to the Protestants from complete conviction, and had listened attentively to his words, urged her young co-religionist, by all sorts of signs, to respect his friend's decision. [10]
And when, some time after, he bade Ruth good-bye, as she went with her father, it came to him with appalling conviction that his life had been a mistake. [11]
The conviction flamed through me that our lamented disaster was a dream, and this a reality. [5]
Later when she thought about the breaking of the phial, the conviction grew upon her limited intelligence that this accident would perhaps prove in the end to be the best thing that could have happened, not only for her but for all mankind. [10]
Without entering upon this question at length, I will suggest that the convict should, for his own sake, have the indeterminate sentence applied to him upon conviction of his first penal offense. [4]
So portions of this letter of his had not the perfect ring of truth, not the conviction which unselfish love alone can beget. [11]
After arriving at this conviction Joshua considered, as deliberately as if the matter concerned directing one of his soldiers on his way, whether he himself, in case he regained the use of his hands, could succeed in following Ephraim without endangering his project. [10]
The sincerity of this conviction he intended to prove by the best means at a merchant's command-the pledge of his own large capital. [10]
Examined in detail, this and much of the show of testimony brought up to stare the daylight of conviction out of countenance, proves to be in a great measure unmeaning and inapplicable, as might be easily shown were it necessary. [3]
He had thought this a thousand times, and yet, though he would have been little willing to acknowledge it, his conviction was not so impregnable as it had been. [11]
The old Master thinks he is open to conviction on all subjects; but if you meddle with some of his notions and don't get tossed on his horns as if a bull had hold of you, I should call you lucky. [6]
Not merely in these cases but continually did that old man--who by experience of life had reached the conviction that thoughts and the words serving as their expression are not what move people--use quite meaningless words that happened to enter his head. [2]
As they stood there, the conviction had come upon her that they had come to the last battle-field, that this journey which Jim now must take would decide all, would give them perfect peace or lifelong pain. [11]
As Carnac saw the world where there was not a single material thing that belonged to him, he had a sudden conviction that his life would run in other lines than those within which it had been drawn to the present time. [11]
Here we have the two necessary traits in the character of a great people: the love and the habit of civil liberty and religious conviction and independence. [4]
I lost, nevertheless, the sureness of touch that comes from the conviction of being all of a piece. [9]
On every occasion the sentiment was uttered with that fresh conviction in tone which made it appear to be born again. [11]
Mechanically she took the seat which Rudyard had occupied, and looked at him across the table with a dread conviction stealing over her face, robbing it of every vestige of its heavenly colour, giving her eyes a staring and solicitous look. [11]
The conviction that the lazy herd whom he commanded was called upon to pour consolation into a thousand sorrowing hearts, to dry innumerable tears, and to clothe the dry sticks of despair with the fresh verdure of hope, urged him to strong measures. [10]
When he left the gloomy building, he was animated with the joyous conviction that he had not toiled in vain, and that the Netherlander was a lost man. [10]
So deep is the conviction of this singular people that they cannot be seen without being admired, that they will not admit the possibility that any one should honestly and sincerely find aught to disapprove in them or their country. [5]
At first, when the conviction had come to her that the end of all was near, she had revolted. [11]
Considering, therefore, all that she represented, and the settled conviction of Mrs. Mavick that she would be the sole inheritor of the fortune, her safety and education became objects of the greatest anxiety and precaution. [4]
A deep conviction that he rests at last--rests well, after his brief, erring, suffering, feverish life--fills and quiets my mind now. [14]
I think, generally, that fear of open discussion implies feebleness of inward conviction, and great sensitiveness to the expression of individual opinion is a mark of weakness. [6]
But however indubitable that conclusion and the officer's conviction based upon it, Pierre felt it necessary to disillusion him. [2]
His face, his temples, were hot with the fierceness of his joy in his conviction that she had revealed herself to him. [9]
The conviction had suddenly come to her with great force, that the end was near--come to her as it came to Elise. [11]
And yet a sudden wave of pity for her rushed over him, because the conviction seized him that she would also in her heart take upon herself the burden of his guilt as though it were her own. [11]
She had a sudden conviction, as, holding the blind in her hand, she looked out into the night, that again tragedy was to cross her threshold. [11]
Orphaned, poor, a struggler who had gained no complete victory, it had been rich only in disappointments to him, in spite of his conviction that he was a genuine artist, and was fighting for a good cause. [10]
He carried this strain of conviction all through his syndicate letter, which he now took out of his desk and finished, with an increasing security of his opinions and a mounting severity in his judgments. [8]
Even when she spoke of the Magian, and his conviction that those who know are able to hold intercourse with the souls of the dead, he shrugged his shoulders incredulously, and went on lacing his sandals. [10]
But he was speaking again, and his reply calmed her, and strengthened her conviction that he was a true and well-meaning friend. [10]
He holds the sound American conviction that the office should seek the man. [9]
Whipple," he added slowly, but with conviction, "this means war. [9]
Yes, Caracalla had sinned greatly, and his conviction that Alexander's soul lived in him and Roxana's in her was foolish enough; but the marvelous likeness to her of the portrait on the gem would astonish any one. [10]
Some firm conviction, she was sure, must energise him yet she respected him the more for concealing it. [9]
In the convent she had reached the conviction that it would be degrading to think longer of the man who, in return for the most ardent love, offered nothing but alms in jingling coin; yet her poor heart would not cease its yearning. [10]
Any who henceforth shall dare mock at my conviction that I was brought into the world to fulfill the life-span of that great hero, will learn to rue it! [10]
When the indeterminate sentence has been spoken of with a view to legislation, the question has been raised whether it should be applied to prisoners on the first, second, or third conviction of a penal offense. [4]
If that could see or hear, you could no more exclude the conviction that these writings are full of the deepest purport than I can, nor doubt that they have a powerful hold on the mind of the reader. [10]
The longer he sat there gazing into vacancy, the firmer became his conviction that Nitetis had deceived him,--that she had pretended to love him while her heart really belonged to Bartja. [10]
The incident, he said, but strengthened his conviction that Mr. [9]
Perhaps he was right, but the conviction was none the less an obsession. [9]
I did not relieve General Curtis because of any full conviction that he had done wrong by commission or omission. [7]
You have somehow regained a conviction that the good is predominant, that there is some purpose in the universe. [9]
But we can recognize real conviction and the deepest feeling beneath his scornful rhetoric and his bitter laugh. [6]
As she finished reading her account, she exclaimed in the passionate tones of the deepest conviction, "There, doctor! [6]
So she had reached the conviction that no peace between king and people could be expected unless a constitution was granted. [10]
She did not raise her voice, but the deliberate, concentrated conviction she put into the sentence gave it the dynamic quality of a bullet. [9]
Notwithstanding that Mr Quilp had a strong conviction to the contrary, founded on his recollection of having carefully taken it out, he was fain to admit that this was possible, and therefore went grumbling to the door where, sure enough, he found it. [12]
And no sharper proof of the failure of the old social order to provide for human instincts and needs could be found than the conviction they gave of new and vitalizing forces released in them. [9]
Far above any physical attraction Ian had ever possessed for her was the deep conviction that he gave her mind what no one else gave it, that he was the being who knew the song her spirit sang.... [11]
It was a perplexing puzzle, and occupied him a long time; but he ended, finally, with the conviction that she did know him, and had repudiated him for interested reasons. [5]
Although they had passed through a ceremony, the conviction had never taken root in her that she had been married to Chiltern. [9]
I quote a passage from it: "As far as I know my own mind, I am thoroughly a republican, and attached, from complete conviction, to the institutions of my country; but I am a republican without gall, and have no bitterness in my creed. [4]
Confidence in his own powers and the final triumph of his conviction had deserted him only occasionally, and for a few brief hours. [10]
Suddenly, he flashed out at me one of those remarks which produced the uncanny conviction that, so far as affairs in the city were concerned, he was omniscient. [9]
Even if we ourselves are the subjects of the prejudice, there seems to be no impropriety in showing that this prejudice is local or personal, and not an acknowledged conviction with the public at large. [3]
A little thought ought to convince us that the liberation of the individual could not be revoked, that it had forever destroyed the power of authority to carry conviction. [9]
He spoke not only eloquently, but with every evidence of deep sincerity and conviction. [6]

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