Example Sentences

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“We were surmising she was with a cult someplace,” Clough said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

Agnes and Lucy heard an increasing murmur in the street; and whilst they were surmising the cause, the door opened, and, behold, the cardinal and the curate!

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro

She passed those who were surmising what her story might be, who were telling one another what they had heard.

From Miss Lulu Bett by Gale, Zona