suspicions

Example Sentences

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Because of the suspicions aroused by the complaints, she said, she lost a job.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

The birth of a beautiful child to a couple in an Italian town is a cause for celebration, until the father’s suspicions about the boy’s true parentage grow into a dangerous obsession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Americans are especially prone to such invented suspicions when they sense that sources they should be able to trust are lying to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

His spokesperson confirmed to the BBC that he was leaving, after many of his followers voiced suspicions that it was a stunt.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

A subsidiary theme, also economic in character but implying grander suspicions, called for what he termed “settlement” to precede assumption.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis