Example Sentences

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Readers au fait with Norse mythology will have divined something about the life of Mr Wednesday beyond this novel.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2011

Pan at that time inhabited a cavern hard by the maiden's dwelling, which the judicious reader will have divined could only have been situated in Arcadia.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard

With his highly developed power of vision he will have divined her true nature.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir

From the knapsack, which, as you will have divined, did not contain a camera, she took out an electric pocket lamp, and directed its beam upon the hedge above us.

From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Rohmer, Sax

You will have divined, of course, Monsieur Darrin," Surigny continued, "that the submarine was not lost, but concealed at a point somewhere along the shores of the Mediterranean until wanted.

From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)