But guessing is almost useless, seeing that there are no data for it.
Yes, there is point at the moon or the stars," he answered, "and blind man is also a guessing game.
In case his companions are uncertain as to whether his position is exactly the same, they all change their position, in order to prevent the one blindfolded from guessing who it was who left his place.
King had no means whatever of guessingtheir direction.
There's no guessing what it means," said the general.
A by-stander would have split with laughing at the Babel we made of it; each catching only a word here and there, and guessing the rest.
When the booty had been shared he put in use his stratagem.
And fancy Mrs. Hackney guessing where all the furniture used to go!
Many of the Leontines and Peloponnesians began to throng about them, guessing by their speed and the manner of their address that something extraordinary had occurred.
But Leontidas, guessing at the matter by the noise and running, leaped from his bed and drew his dagger, but forgot to put out the lights, and by that means make them fall foul on one another in the dark.
Porus, by this time guessing that Alexander himself had crossed over, came on with his whole army, except a party which he left behind, to hold the rest of the Macedonians in play, if they should attempt to pass the river.
But Archelaus, guessing the matter by the dust of his troops, turned to the right wing, from whence Sylla came, in hopes to surprise it without a commander.
When I hook up, it will be with a girl that can bowl me over at first sight and keep me guessing forever after.
With loose treachery the kimono sleeves had slipped back and he could feel the soft coolness of her forearms on his neck and cheeks; wherefore it is not to be wondered at that he found difficulty in guessing whom she might be.
I intend to give you a present, all right, but there's a pretty wide margin for guessing between a hundred thousand dollars and the real figures.
And Gilbert was very far from guessing that the young prince was suddenly attracted to him in the strongest possible way, and that in the first meeting he had unconsciously laid the foundations of a real friendship.
He might be, as he had said, keen as a woman where his own instincts were in action; but they were ineffective in guessingat the cause for Percy's sudden depression.
She's a clever woman, and like many of the sort, shrewd at guessing the worst.
We saw the place from a great distance, for we are becoming skilful now at guessing likely spots.
It was after he had guessed wrong about Allen some dozens of times, without once guessing right, that Jackson made up his mind that there was no forecasting the "slant of his course from the slant of the breeze.
It's hard enoughguessing with a white man sometimes.
Exercises on the plane for the cardinal points, with various gymnastic and guessing games.
The practise of the senses begins in the lower classes in the form of guessing games; in the higher classes the education of the senses is applied to exercises of practical life.
Guessing game for the plane surface: This game serves to fix the notion of the plane surface and at the same time trains the eye and the attention of the child.
Similar exercises may be used in the feeling of cloths (guessing games).
Then I called out to Elzevir, and he, guessing what had come over me, cries to turn upon my side, and press my belly to the cliff.
He had a thin and squeaky voice, and spoke to us in our own tongue, guessing no doubt that we were English from our faces.
Guessing that he had something to tell me, I hastened forth to meet him.
Guessing that there had been trouble of some kind between the boys, she was frightened; to shield Alfred she had hurried over with the letter, and had tried to make us believe that the boys had not gone off together.
I don't particularly care about guessing riddles, Mr. Austin; perhaps you'll be kind enough to tell me frankly why you want to leave us?
It keeps you guessing until you have to spin a yarn and use up the material.
Any idiot couldn't look at me without guessing that much.
Various officers of the court, whose duty or privilege it was to attend the King's rising, passed in, none heeding me or guessing that I waited there for the word on which my life depended.
Not wishing to meet him again until circumstances should have changed, I passed the next inn to which I came, guessing that he would stop there.
But the priest only continued, guessing his thought: "No, your lips need not twitch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "guessing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
