Perhaps I could make as good a guess as you could at what young Mrs. Vandeman's capable of; a dolly face, and behind it the courage of hell.
If you think you have any idea what it has meant to be first-line stretcher-carrier for three years, you have only to hear Paul Arbagnan talk for five minutes to guess at the extent of your ignorance.
I don't know anything about anything but hats, and I can't but just make a guess at them.
But, having given this academic explanation, I went on to hazard a guessthat age-old habits of fear leave behind them more than material marks, like stone walls and broken bottles.
I turned to the waiting priest, who had been wildly trying to guess from our faces what we were saying, and translated Mr. Hall's philosophy of philanthropy.
I guess we can stand it, not being so darned private as all that!
When she could speak again, after a moment of silent collecting of her forces she said: "Well, I guessthe first thing to do is to get a letter-file.
Since seeing these patient, ruddy, vigorous, white-capped old women at their work I have made another guess at the cause of the miraculously neat and ordered aspect of French landscapes.
He went on, rubbing his hand back and forth over his gray hair: "But all that is only my guess at it.
Nobody can guess further ahead than that and mighty few people even as far as that.
What's going to happen, happens, whether anybody likes it or not, and the only thing for us to do is to keep our ears to the ground hard and try to guess three or four months sooner than most people.
It's a fairguess to say, that being a model that's sure to be popular, there will be at least twenty thousand toques like it sold in different places in the States for five dollars apiece.
Having failed to get speech with Gertrude, he could only guess at the result of her interview with her father, but the sudden change in the itinerary spoke for itself, and thus far the guess was twin brother to the truth.
Now I'll venture a guess that Mac is just speculating as to how much of the 'Kestrel's' lost time he can get back between this and the end of his run.
Guess you'd a thought him a angel, if you'd been in this child's shoes!
I guess there's been some of the devil's work here!
Man or boy, I guess he's had a pretty rough time of it out thaar!
I guess you're the slickest coon I ever seed for makin' tracks--Jerusalem, you air!
Not for worlds would she have had him guess the swift message ready to leap out toward him.
Nor was it hard to guess the meaning of that dramatic moment he had by chance chosen for his entrance.
That wagon load of ore is worth--unless I miss my guess badly--about sixty thousand dollars.
One can guess how keen you must be to get back to Verinder.
Guess what I've got," demanded the young woman, her hands behind her.
What authority surfeits on would relieve us; if they would yield us but the superfluity while it were wholesome, we might guess they relieved us humanely; but they think we are too dear.
You don't guess my son's folks could spare me now, do you?
Well, I guess we can fix you up then," said the old gentleman, in that hearty manner that can never be mistaken for mere politeness.
I guess you won't feel like running after that horse.
I guesswe will get enough of these wilds in a week.
I guess driving them machines makes them smart," said another guest, as she took the pan Cora handed down and gingerly slopped the stuff over on a wooden plate.
I knew Joseph Kimball, of Chelton, and I guess he was your father.
I guess I am too nervous to motor at night," admitted Belle.
She shall not accuse me of running from her, now that she is alone, and by to-morrow morning I will give her the opportunity of making the report of my capture if she can; but if I capture her, you may guess the rest.
I've cruised in these seas so often, that I pretty well guess where we are, Captain Keene.
You may guess then," he added slowly, fixing his eyes on Mark, "how glad an hour struck for me this morning when you made yourself known as one brave enough to come to the rescue!
Not a soul will ever guess it, and depend upon it Hester and I will never breathe your secret.
Though one would never guess it from his appearance, she says, and the astonishing thing is that he isn't the least ashamed of the fact; but Mrs. Pate confesses he never alluded to the flaw in her hearing.
The future traveller through the Panama Canal will probably never guess the immensity of the labour that has gone to the building of the Gatun dam.
The reader may guess what was the anxiety of the New Panama Canal Company during all this diplomacy and intrigue.
Pardon my brevity; but I count on your admirable good sense to guesswhat I am unable to explain.
I did not at once guess the end at which the Comte de Noce aimed, in inviting us to go shooting; but I discovered later that he had played a pretty bold game.
I can guess who that same person is; nevertheless it does not abate my opinion one jot.
Then she did wisely and obediently--and bravely too, if I guess aright.
You have forgotten the name of the Centurion, which is indispensable,' said the Prefect; 'and yet I can only guess one.
Now speak,' said Fabricius; 'I think I could guess at the nature of your message.
I guess I was feeling rather disgusted with everything and wanted to get away, so when an old newspaper buddy who had struck out a claim for himself asked me to go up and do a little prospecting for gold with him, I jumped at the chance.
Guess he lavished all his attention on her and spoiled her.
I-I-I guess so," Nan answered her eccentric old cousin slowly as she looked about first at her friends and then at the suitcases and bags that the porters were setting on the station platform beside them.
A man of great resource and personal courage, combined with a weird ability to guess his approximate whereabouts, he guided the expedition safely through its worst perils.
They were primitive sails, but they caught the breeze, and with the help of the western wind Bontekoe hoped to reach the coast of Sumatra, which, according to the best guess of all those on board, must be seventy miles to the east.
The best that the censor can do is toguess what will be offensive to the general public.
I guess they all feel pretty poor when they leave, but they get over it right away.
He's working for me, and I guess he obeys my orders," Stine retorted.
He staked next, and I guess by now the bunch has Squaw Creek located to head-waters an' down the other side.
And now having told me all you got to say, my cavalier, I guess we'd better part.
I guessyour boss knowed this wasn't HIS land, didn't he?
Guess I'll leave you now," remarked the young man, when the fire had died away.
Guess I'll be worrying about something else, then.
I don't know as I makes myself clear or well put, but if you'll catch up the ponies I guess your sheriff can handle my meaning.
I guessas sheriff of Greer County I'll make shift to get through with it alive.
If Annabel could change her heart from one brother to the other just because Edgerton reminded her of Wilfred, I guess she won't have a very hard time making another transfer, especially as Mr. Gledware is traveling her way.
I guess I'm still to see what I'm looking for," added Lahoma, shaking her head.
I guess she got it wrong, first, then wrote it over.
I don't remember seeing you, but I guess you belong to the bunch over on Red River.
I hate for Lahoma to be throwed with anybody of the name--but I guess it's all right.
When they have run a few yards, each darts his pole anointed with bears' oil, with a proper force, as near as he can guess in proportion to the motion of the stone, that the end may lie close to the stone.
Here the "sticks" were thrown in the air and an immediate guess was made whether the number thrown was odd or even.
But there were apparently no other combinations resting upon the throw than the simple guess at the number thrown.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "guess" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
