Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

opine

[oh-pahyn] / oʊˈpaɪn /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

He said her Houston treatment center is a premier facility, and “for California to opine that it’s not good enough for us” is a strange concept.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

He said, however, that as a military industrial base analyst, it wasn’t his place to opine on whether this sort of intense military investment should be the budget priority of the American government.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

The OLC has the power to opine on whatever the OLC wants to opine on, but it’s just that; it’s an opinion.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026

But the court didn’t explain those orders or opine on the broader legal issues involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

"He had some very urgent business at Kilkenny; something that could not admit of delay, I opine."

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever

When life gets you down, Danny Palumbo opines, nothing is more soothing than eating a meal prepared with love.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Interest rate increases are one of Wall Street’s concerns, and those seem to be on the table, potentially as soon as this fall, opines Capital Economics’ Chief North America Economist Stephen Brown.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

A note from one of the investment bank’s analysts opines that Macquarie is entering a strong growth phase where “market conditions, industry dynamics and internal transition converge.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

This plays into the hands of small-cap and midcap stocks, Hartnett opines.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026

I opines I has a leetle humanity left in me.

From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Burt L. Standish

The post sought to downplay the gravity of the situation and opined that investors are likely to give Aschenbrenner the benefit of the doubt.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

“His many detractors should grant that his comments late Saturday at a White House press briefing hit the right notes of gratitude and comity,” the Wall Street Journal editorial board opined.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026

The International Dictionary of Psychology opined in 1989 that consciousness was “fascinating but elusive” and “nothing worth reading has been written on it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

“The surge in the ISM Manufacturing Index in January suggests that after years of malaise, perhaps the manufacturing sector might be turning a corner,” opined Alexandra Brown, North America economist at Capital Economics.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

Anecdotes can be told, advice given, opinions opined, all with a lot fewer first-person pronouns than you think.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

In nine years as Richmond Fed president he has built a practice of describing what he is learning from businesses, colleges, and community groups across his district rather than opining on where rates should go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Analysts are opining about the impact on global trade, which influences corporate earnings, but it’s too early to draw significant conclusions.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

The film flopped - with Time magazine opining that "nothing can save this picture".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

They mostly speak anonymously, in case he actually regains power, but they speak nonetheless, ignoring norms against opining about another country’s election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

For the censor was cautious about pamphlets, wisely opining that you cannot be too careful.

From What Not A Prophetic Comedy by Dame Rose Macaulay




Vocabulary lists containing opine


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training