Sample Sentences for
creed
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    I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."  (source)
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    Not once, however, had the communists been mentioned until today, regardless of the fact that people of such political creed were also to be punished.  (source)
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    And he forgot how the end of the Apostle's Creed went  (source)
    Creed = statement of beliefs
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    But when the bailiff reported this to Judge Sims, still in his chambers, the judge told him to announce that anybody of any color or creed could sit anywhere they wanted in his courtroom, and if somebody didn't like it, they were free to leave.  (source)
    creed = system of principles or beliefs (such as a religion)
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    I watched him closely that night, and to me it seemed he was trying to live in both worlds, to be a loyal adherent to all creeds.  (source)
    creeds = sets of beliefs
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    Creedless shells of men tottering down the causeways like migrants in a feverland.  (source)
    Creedless = without a system of principles or beliefs
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in creedless means without and reverses the meaning of creed. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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    You may belong to any religion or caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the state.  (source)
    creed = set of beliefs
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    Runic slogans, creeds misspelled.  (source)
    creeds = statements of belief
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    If every action in the universe that we thought was random actually conformed to a rational pattern, Dad said, that implied the existence of a divine creator, and he was beginning to rethink his atheistic creed.  (source)
    creed = set of beliefs
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    The creeds that had been based upon miracles and revelations had collapsed utterly.†  (source)
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    And then—after the Beatitudes, and the sermon by the stranger—the Nicene Creed felt forced to me.  (source)
    Creed = statement of beliefs
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    Other kids, all races and creeds, hunch forward in nearby cubbies, intently pressing down on notes and texts, anxious, for sure, but chipping away at their anxiety with steady exertion, just like he is.†  (source)
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    And notice this, Harry: he chose, not the pureblood (which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing) but the half-blood, like himself.  (source)
    creed = set of beliefs
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