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Example sentences for "conjectured"

Lexicographically close words:
coniunx; coniure; conjectural; conjecturally; conjecture; conjectures; conjecturing; conjoin; conjoined; conjoining
  1. We conjectured that these stones had been thrown into the sea by eruptions of various dates, as many of them were covered with barnacles, and others quite bare.

  2. The brig was hull-down to us; but from the steadiness with which her head was kept pointing to the westward I conjectured that she was either sweeping or being towed by her boats.

  3. On the extreme verge of the horizon I also distinctly made out a small group of hills, which I conjectured to be situate on the northern or right bank of the river.

  4. But for this, it was conjectured other plantations would have suffered the fate of ours--perhaps that of Ringgold himself.

  5. From this I conjectured that he was one of the chiefs before whom I was being conducted.

  6. As I approached the landing, I could see no one, for there were trees all around it; but the conflict of angry voices proved that I had conjectured aright.

  7. It has been conjectured that there was some family relationship between the sons of Zebedee and Jesus; but of this there is no satisfactory evidence.

  8. From the great minuteness of the statements in the passage, it has been conjectured that the evangelist himself was the second of the two disciples mentioned in John i.

  9. On the present occasion she did not suspect any alienation of affection; but she conjectured that some circumstance connected with his high place, had occasioned this mystery.

  10. Yet it might be conjectured that they had not forgotten their ancient heritage; and it was hard that his heir should suffer alike with any other pretender, if he attempted to regain what by ancient right and inheritance belonged to him.

  11. At early dawn the vessel was discovered bearing in shore; it was conjectured that it would cast anchor about five miles from land.

  12. From the nature of the surrounding country it is conjectured that on the spot now occupied by the lake a volcanic mountain, some 8000 feet high, formerly stood.

  13. It is conjectured that the island has been formed by an upheaval, and it bears little resemblance geologically to any of the other Philippines.

  14. Arriving in 1543, it has been conjectured that he became tutor to D.

  15. Concerning this I will state what I know, which is but trifling: what I have conjectured shall remain with myself.

  16. It may easily be conjectured that I had plenty of employment to fill up my leisure hours; one amusement, however, found room, that was well worth all the rest.

  17. She was the more averse to attend Lady Pelham because she conjectured that they would not return before Miss De Courcy's marriage, on which occasion Laura was unwilling to be absent.

  18. We observed that the cart that overtook us had two horses, whilst that we met had only one, so we conjectured that our further way would be comparatively level, and this we afterwards found to be correct.

  19. We conjectured that they had been sunk to this depth in order that pirates landing suddenly on the coast could see nothing of the traffic from a distance.

  20. Its real signification seems unknown, but may be conjectured from the following passages.

  21. It is not merely a licentious spelling, as conjectured by Sir W.

  22. Having thus conjectured he came back to Sparta and declared the whole matter to the Lacedemonians; and they brought a charge against him on a fictitious pretext and drove him out into exile.

  23. That he had ever very deep religious impressions is doubted; and his conversion to popery has been conjectured to have succeeded a wavering and unsettled faith.

  24. It may therefore be reasonably conjectured that in the statue of Hermione Shakespeare has accurately described some figure which he had seen in one of Julio Romano’s paintings.

  25. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

  26. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.

  27. Etym: [So called (as conjectured by Blackstone) from being held in a room at the Exchequer where the chests containing certain Jewish comtracts and obligations called starrs (from the Heb.

  28. Note: It is conjectured by some that it is an error for wappered, meaning tremulous or exhausted.

  29. They have inferred much from slender premises, and conjectured when they could not prove.

  30. Cureton conjectured that sundry curious blunders or deviations from the canonical Matthew are due to the mistakes made by the translator of the Hebrew into Syriac.

  31. The screams of this man alarmed the people in the king's tent, who immediately conjectured that I had made my escape, and a number of them mounted their horses, and prepared to pursue me.

  32. I immediately conjectured that a lion had taken one of the shepherds, and mounted my horse to have a better view of what had happened.

  33. From the nature of the sculptures, Mr. Layard conjectured that the monument was erected to commemorate the conquest of India by the king of Khorsobad.

  34. The intelligent explorer conjectured at once that the head belonged to a winged lion or bull, similar to those of Khorsobad and Persepolis.

  35. His life for almost a couple of decades afterwards is a blank, though it has been conjectured on evidences drawn from The Shadow of Night and Alphonsus Emperor of Germany, respectively, that he served in one of Sir F.

  36. The editor has conjectured struck, which, with a minimum of change, gives the sense required.

  37. Lanfear, but he was not at first known as her physician; he was conjectured her cousin or something like that; he might even be her betrothed in the peculiar American arrangement of such affairs.

  38. It was not an insipid perfection of character which reported itself in these celestial terms, and Lanfear conjectured that angelic immortality, if such a thing were, could not imply perfection except at the cost of one-half of human character.

  39. Upon his arrival at Jarlshof, the alteration in his countenance was so great, that Swertha conjectured he was about to fall into one of those fits of deep melancholy which she termed his dark hour.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "conjectured" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.