Example Sentences

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Analysts are opining about the impact on global trade, which influences corporate earnings, but it’s too early to draw significant conclusions.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“Any insinuation from any party opining that filing decisions are made—or, in this case, not made—in an effort to influence crime data is unaware, uneducated, or uninformed about how our office operates,” Chapman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

The film flopped - with Time magazine opining that "nothing can save this picture".

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

They mostly speak anonymously, in case he actually regains power, but they speak nonetheless, ignoring norms against opining about another country’s election.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

At length mankind spoke of knowing as well as of opining or perceiving.

From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin