Conjectures

Examples

• Conjectureaye, sometimes one conjectures right, and sometimes one conjectures wrong. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Conjectures as to the meaning of it, rapid and wild, hurried into her brain; but she was satisfied with none. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• From which, said Wemmick, conjectures had been raised and theories formed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He had fallen into the way of dwelling on such conjectures as a means of tying his thoughts fast to reality. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I never had any conjectures about it, replied Margaret; it was you who told me of it yourself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Briggs coincided as usual, and the previous attachment was then discussed in conjectures. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As late as 1788 Franklin wrote his queries and conjectures relating to magnetism and the theory of the earth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We were drawn, along with the greater part of our companions, to the edge of the cliff, there to listen to and make a thousand conjectures. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Relations of what he had done, conjectures concerning his future actions, were the never-failing topics of the hour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• On his retiring to his tent, many who had lingered in the lists, to look upon and form conjectures concerning him, also dispersed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• At the same time the book contains interesting conjectures in reference to the relati on of earthquakes and volcanoes, and to the fact that comets travel in fixed orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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