on a hunch
Example Sentences
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McLean, a 32-year-old data analyst in Chicago, was monitoring his wife’s scheduled United flight to New York on a hunch it would be waylaid by the shutdown and a coming snowstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
Suppose you bought $1,000 worth of a particular stock on a hunch that the company would have a strong earnings report.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2024
The idea is to quickly sell them on a hunch then they will be able to buy the same number of them later for much cheaper before having to return them to the lender.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
The search was illegal, Saffari argued, probably based on a hunch that DeLeon might be armed because of his past criminal record and the area where he was stopped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Then, on a hunch, I check the back of Uncle Basil’s truck.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
