Surmises
[sə'maɪziz]
Examples
- It is not possible but that you must have had some thoughts on the subject, some surmises as to what might be. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It was easy to make my further arrangements; for I was troubled with no inquiries--no surmises. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Emma saw its artifice, and returned to her first surmises. Jane Austen. Emma.
- My surmises did not for a moment class a man of the Count's abilities and social position with the ordinary rank and file of foreign spies. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Before many more surmises could be indulged in Yeobright had come near; and seeing the hair-cutting group he turned aside to join them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was evident that very grave and eventful proceedings were on foot; but various surmises were afloat, respecting their precise character. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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