Example Sentences

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“The universe must have divined this,” she sings over a snarling spy-movie groove, “Ladies first, baby, I insist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022

I’m not the first person to have divined that sculpture parks provide the safest way to enjoy art during a pandemic.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2021

Argentines saw on his face what millions of others could not have divined: the sad, haggard look was gone.

From Time • Dec. 11, 2013

Mr. Koch said that he was shocked, that he had been blindsided by subordinates and associates whose schemes he could not possibly have divined.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2013

Tristran wondered how Lord Primus could have divined the existence of Victoria Forester.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman