Example Sentences

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The most common delusion is that of persecution, that is suspecting others of harboring plots to hurt or injure them.

From Slate • May 31, 2017

Sure enough, Mobley is arrested by Dom DiPierro, but she has no idea how high up he is, suspecting him merely of being the D.J. at fsociety’s party the night of the hack.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016

That is why she is suspecting an inside job.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2012

Another is suspecting that everyone else in the car wants you to pay for the petrol, the motorway meal and probably the overnight hotel too.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2012

What makes people jealous usually is suspecting the other person of having the same sort of secret they have themselves.

From The Plum Tree by Ashe, E. M.