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Example sentences for "could judge"

  • He laughed to scorn the idea that a mathematician, such as Whewell, could judge, as I maintained he could, of Goethe's views on light.

  • As far as I could judge, I never met a man with a mind so ill adapted for scientific research.

  • I related the whole, and added that the man must have been of the greatest consequence, because the inn to which they carried him had been immediately filled by all the chiefs of the army, so far at least as I could judge.

  • As far as he could judge, it was grave and deeply lined.

  • The country was at peace, and as far as he could judge no war-cloud hung in the sky.

  • They wore, as far as he could judge, the English uniform, and gave evidence that they were our own soldiers.

  • Middle aged man, as far as I could judge.

  • The first difficulties, which were brought on by the employes of the company taking possession of the engines and trains, were, so far as I could judge, or saw, exclusively by those who had been railroad employes up to that point.

  • It was getting late, too, as we could judge by the increasing gloom in the forest.

  • Duppo shouting awoke me, and looking up I found that our tree had drifted up to the floating mass; that the branches were interlocked, and as far as we could judge we were secured alongside.

  • After some time the rest of the warriors returned, and, as far as we could judge, they must have destroyed the greater number of their enemies.

  • As near as we could judge, our sailing with the brig was much upon a par.

  • The Circe, thirty-two, to which I had been appointed, was a small but very beautiful frigate and as far as I could judge by her build as she lay on the stocks, had every requisite for sailing well.

  • As far as I could judge, his skull was not injured, although the splinter had torn off a large portion of the scalp, and he was drenched with his blood.

  • The natives of these islands have been accused of being cannibals; but as far as I could judge, either from my own observation, or from the enquiries I made, I believe the accusation to be perfectly destitute of foundation.

  • The channel or strait, which separates Kodiak from the continent, is about fifteen leagues in breadth, and as far as I could judge, is free from danger, except close in shore.

  • As near as he could judge, something like ten miles still intervened between him and the friendly stream--a distance which he was confident of passing before daylight, if he did not find his pursuers in his path.

  • As near as he could judge it was close upon noon, and his animal was in need of rest, although capable of continuing his arrowy flight until the sun should sink in the west.

  • But they were always very easily satisfied in their reconnoitring, so far as we could judge, for the whole of them kept a wary distance.

  • He replied that it was to ascertain how far off the buffalo were: he could judge of the distance by the sound of their feet, and their occasional roars as the bulls engaged in combat.

  • The enemy were close at hand, but they were concentrated, as far as we could judge by the sounds which reached us, on one side of the house, and Uncle Jeff would be able to pass by them, and thus leave the road open for us.

  • So far as I could judge, about one fifth of the suburbs had been ruined.

  • On their heads I saw what appeared to be a high coil of whitewashed rope, entangled in the hair, which, so far as I could judge, they wore long.

  • Next day, 2nd December, we heard heavy firing going on all along the lines, so far as we could judge, from Neuville and Chevilly on the right, to Patay on the left.

  • A trudge of about seven miles, as near as I could judge, brought me to Stillwater Cove without adventure of any kind, although I passed many objects in the way of birds, trees, and vegetables that were of intense interest to me.

  • At about ten o'clock, as near as I could judge, after a long and absolute silence, I heard Captain Davis utter my name.

  • We gathered up our rifles and the various articles which lay on the grass, and began to retreat, as far as I could judge, by the way we had come.

  • He seemed to be wonderfully self-possessed, and his manners were those, as far as I could judge, of a well-bred young gentleman.

  • If we could judge by the sounds, there were hundreds of blacks, if not thousands.

  • As well as we could judge by the interminable drumming, there were villages on our right and on our left and behind us.

  • So far as he could judge, he was the only living person within miles.

  • So far as he could judge, the only possible thing to fear was wild animals.

  • As nearly as he could judge he had climbed some twenty paces, when he was startled, upon extending his hand upward, to encounter only the smooth face of the wall.

  • So far as he could judge, they seemed to be excited and apprehensive.

  • As well as I could judge it was not yet daylight, for the electric lamps were turned on, and I subsequently found that such rays of natural light as penetrated into my room during the day did not arrive for a considerable time.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could believe; could collect; could confide; could desire; could devise; could expect; could form; could just; could like; could look; could not refrain from; could obtain; could procure; could ride; could say; could scarcely; could sell; could spare; could stop; could think; couldst thou; heard voices; horse could; single syllable; teaspoon lemon; warm situation