7 sentences with 'sincere'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sincere and other words derived from it.
• « Roman soldiers were inspired by sincere greed, as well as by the enormous cultural importance attached to the attainment of military glory. »
• « These traditions of relative tolerance would continue into the modern era in places like the Ottoman Empire. However, even without forced pressure, many people converted to Islam, either out of a sincere attraction to Islam or out of simple pragmatism; in some cases, Muslim generals rejected attempts to convert the local population because it threatened their tax base too much. »
• « Whether through sincere conversion or by force, by the 11th century almost everyone in Europe was a Christian, a Latin Christian in the west and an Orthodox Christian in the east. »
• « Over time, Luther developed the idea that it takes an act of God to merit a person's salvation, and the reflection of that act is in the individual's sincere faith. »
• « A person's voluntary attempts to do good things to get to heaven were always inadequate; what mattered was that a believer's sincere faith could inspire an infinite act of mercy on God's part. »
• « In the end, the "solution" to the French Wars of Religion ended up being political unity rather than religious unity, a conclusion reached by sheer pragmatism rather than any kind of sincere tolerance of difference. »
• « Nor were there "checks and balances" to curb corruption, and for the Brezhnev era political connections were far more important than any kind of sincere devotion to Marxist theory. Thus, the kinds of decisions made by Soviet leaders were inspired by a pure and ruthless will to see results in a context of staggering inefficiency and corruption. »