Example Sentences

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Scientists have suspected for decades that iron plays a key role in photosynthesis.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

Sunday’s game was far more competitive than the rollicking crowd at Empower Field might have suspected, with the second-string Chargers defense battling them at every turn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

There are no known pictures of the lost city because “no-one has ever been there”, the researchers say, although local people may have suspected there were ruins under the mounds of earth.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

From the size of the crowds standing outside theaters showing “Anora” at Telluride, you might have suspected Baker was underselling his movie a bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen