Supposing

Examples

• Sir, you have been entirely mistaken in supposing it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Supposing him wrapped up as those two passengers were, is there anything in his bulk and stature to render it unlikely that he was one of them? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Supposing he had been shot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Supposing then, for instance--any unlikely thing will do for a supposition--that you and your mother were to have a serious quarrel. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You are entirely wrong, sir, I said, in supposing that I speak from any prejudice against Sir Percival Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She was mistaken, however, in supposing that Edmund gave his father no present pain. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She is amusingfairy-like, interesting to me;--you must be mistaken in supposing her handsome? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• If not, I beg the reader to allow me the same liberty, which I have used in the preceding case, of supposing it such. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• We will endeavor to do such 'supposing' as is really necessary to be done. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Supposing I want to swim up that water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And supposing I won't ring for one--what'll you do then? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But, interposed Shirley, supposing Moore was driven from the country, and his mill razed to the ground, would people have more work? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Supposing you were to make a will when you come of age, who would you like the money to go to? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I believe I am not mistaken in supposing that I am acquainted with those features? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Edited by Elena