Example Sentences

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“If they had guessed correctly, they could have seen that, almost invariably, there was going to be a complete shutdown of the industry, regardless.”

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

We had guessed that this was probably her view but this was the first on-the-record confirmation.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

“If I had guessed, ‘Oh, I’ll be making my seventh movie in 2022, would I be getting less than I got from for a movie I made 10 years ago?’

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Because of similarities between Indo-European and Anatolian languages such as ancient Hittite, linguists had guessed the Yamnaya had left both genes and language in Anatolia, as well as Europe.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 24, 2022

As I had guessed, most of it was canned food.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien