surmising

Example Sentences

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And some were now surmising that we had engineered a vote that would promote women and diminish men, in the process making some kind of statement, though they weren’t clear on exactly what that was.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

In the meantime, however, the German hunted in vain for the animal, surmising it might still be alive since the remains were in good condition.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

I’m fairly confident in saying and surmising that his counsel at the time advised him against it and are probably somewhere saying “told you so.”

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2023

Engoron, surmising that Trump was referring to his clerk, called the comments a "blatant" violation of the gag order.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

This is exactly what I cannot help surmising occurred in New England at the time of “the Great Awakening” of the last century, and immediately subsequent thereto.

From Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England by Adams, Charles Francis