conjecture
noun
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
was conjecturing
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past progressiveof conjecture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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 Leslie Burton Blades
But never once did the Duke appear as a victim of any of these misfortunes which her brain was conjecturing up so busily.
From The Idol of Paris by Sarah Bernhardt
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 Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
"We will give them a month," said Wogan, who was conjecturing at the motive of this order from the Court of France.
From Clementina by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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 Ann Ward Radcliffe
