was conjecturing
- past progressive of conjecture.
Example Sentences
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While she was conjecturing with Annette what could thus occasion his absence, they heard a key turn in the lock of the gate near them, and presently saw a man advancing.
From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Radcliffe, Ann Ward
Edna went first to the greenhouse, and though her companion chattered ceaselessly, she took little interest in her exclamations of delight, and was conjecturing the probable cause of Mrs. Murray's great indignation.
From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
He was conjecturing in his own mind vaguely whether his Providence had, by any chance, got the desiderated three shillings necessary for the redemption of the banjo hidden away in the Rob Roy tartan.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
He was conjecturing as to his own ability to set forth his trouble for the calm inspection of the gentleman across the table.
From A Man's Hearth by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)
She was conjecturing over the fate of the City of Panama and wondering what she could do, alone here with this blind man.
From Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author by Blades, Leslie Burton
