something tells me

Idioms  

1. I suspect, I have an intuition, as in Something tells me that she's not really as ill as she says, or Something told him that it was going to snow.

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Example Sentences

And something tells me there will be more airline mergers in 2024, if not in the United States then abroad.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Alas, something tells me Cassavetes wasn’t thinking along such tongue-in-cheek lines, because it’s not like binder clips, pencils and Post-its suddenly get deployed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

After having a conversation with him, I was like, “This is my teammate right here, somebody that I could push, and something tells me he’s going to push me, too.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Castor said that “we need a comprehensive online privacy bill as well, but something tells me that may be a little more difficult to hammer out in the coming months.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022

About looking for evidence, and even about sneaking into this very office, because something tells me she already knows about her missing photograph anyway.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender