fondly believe

A memento of what she fondly believes was her daughter's intimate friendship with Wally.

Many people in the West fondly believe that if Russia is denied high technology its future political activities will somehow be constrained.

The stunning beauty of my hand you're staring at through yon spyhole you so fondly believe I don't notice?

We had achieved our objective, and fondly believed that the Germans were on their way back to Berlin.

Harold Macmillan said he "fondly believed himself to be a good Tory".

And all of them fondly believe, as I fondly believed, that they are beating the game.

Your lover isn't what you so fondly believe him to be.

His irritation at the delay was probably a bit more evident than he fondly believed it was, Merlin thought with a grin.

His sister sniffed with what she fondly believed was the air of a Van Astor dowager.

Some people fondly believe that chess-playing computers work by internally trying out all possible combinations of chess moves.