Example Sentences

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If I were guessing I would think she edited literary novels or was a professor of French poetry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025

If I were guessing, then I would have only a 25 percent chance of getting two correct answers in a row.

From Scientific American • Jul. 1, 2023

While all of Los Angeles was screaming for his job, while the NFL experts were guessing about his replacement, while Sean Payton’s phone was buzzing through Manhattan Beach, Staley was preparing for this press conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Not bad if you were guessing at random, but not great for taking a stab at a top 10 list that was 80 percent the same as in 2019.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2021

Around us our classmates were guessing, and I thought Serina had it when she pointed out that the professor’s shoes were rhinestone-encrusted cowboy boots, but apparently that was on-trend for the seventies.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin