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Example sentences for "presume"

Lexicographically close words:
prestigious; prestis; presto; presumable; presumably; presumed; presumedly; presumes; presuming; presumption
  1. Do not presume I am so foolish as to even think that the human hand, directed by the human brain, can ever work the material at his command to such a high standard of exactness.

  2. I say the film of air, for I presume that it would be utterly impossible to exclude particles of dust so that absolute contact could take place.

  3. But we may presume that each Pompadour, like the frail original, was "in herself a host"!

  4. I presume that the Philadelphia school board is about on an intellectual and moral parity with the trustees of Baylor--haven't the remotest idea whether merde means maggots or moonshine.

  5. It is admitted that bees, ants, dogs and horses inherit knowledge and skill, and it is certainly fair to presume that human beings do the same.

  6. It is fair to presume that men like Mr. Hutton are possessed of great skill and also of great knowledge.

  7. If she can recognise you-I presume there is nobody else she would so like to see.

  8. In the other sense, I presume different people might put in a claim to be attended to.

  9. I presume you will be willing to make good to me the money I have lost.

  10. I presume he never once paused to think of the grief-stricken widow and her fatherless daughter, whom he was about to render homeless.

  11. There are a dozen of us here, and I presume at least a score more gentlemen in town could be depended on," said Dr.

  12. The calm, unquestioning assumption that no one would presume to stop him, was a moral force which paralyzed the arm of the most reckless ruffian in the crowd.

  13. Neither the friends of government nor the insurgents who still withstood them, could presume too much on the support of this great neutral body, a fact which prevented them from immediately proceeding to extremities against each other.

  14. I presume your lordship's memory can carry you back a little time--say twenty years?

  15. I presume this tutor, Mr Armstrong, has very high qualifications, since so much depends on him.

  16. King Henrie the seauenth, as the report goeth, commanded all such curres to be hanged, bicause they durst presume to fight against the lion, who is their king and souereigne.

  17. But I dare not presume to conclude any thing hereof, least I should seeme rashlie to take hold of euerie coniecture.

  18. I presume not, however, to say that my arguments and statements are absolute proofs, except in a few instances.

  19. The young doctor was held to be a model youth in the town of Graybridge; and it was whispered that if he should presume to lift his eyes to Miss Sophronia Burdock, the second daughter of the rich maltster, he need not aspire in vain.

  20. I presume I shall paint some here, though I am uncertain.

  21. Miss Walker was also there visiting friends, so we may presume that his stay was pleasant as well as profitable.

  22. I have not as yet got my trunks from the custom-house, but presume I shall meet with no difficulty.

  23. I presume Miss Pearl is to be the young lady of your choice.

  24. Pray, madam (for such I presume you consider yourself), when will you be twelve years old?

  25. His countenance is indeed heavenly; and there is a play and harmony in the position and demarcation of his limbs, infinitely beyond any thing which I can presume to put in competition with it.

  26. This I presume to be the "spurious" Birmingham edition, which is noticed by Steevens in the Edit.

  27. I presume the head to be a portrait of some ancient Bavarian General; and the inscription, on the reverse, to relate to some great victory, in honour of which the medal was struck.

  28. I presume this to be the earliest date which any of his books exhibit.

  29. I wish to assure you that, in thus asserting our old relation, I shall not presume upon the liberty I am obliged to take.

  30. I presume you are right; he does seem to have fallen deeply in love with you.

  31. If no body is found, I presume the company will withhold the payment of the money for a time.

  32. I presume that paper you have there, Wigan, is a copy of the wording of the will?

  33. I presume you have not been keeping any particular watch upon Martha Wakeling?

  34. For the reasons I have given I think we may presume that he is," Quarles answered.

  35. From inheriting after those who had fled and died, it was but one step farther to presume the death, and a man's flight then at once conveyed his effects to those who stayed behind.

  36. I presume then, Mandeville, you did for that fellow Martinitz?

  37. If I rightly understand you, it is from your own observations you thus accuse me; and I presume you did me the honour of a personal surveillance at last night's ball?

  38. I would not presume to dispute or to contradict any conclusion you may have reached," he spoke at length in a low, even voice.

  39. He must not, however, presume to take his stand yet as a member of the family, nor exhibit an obtrusive familiarity in manner and conversation.

  40. You have no right to presume that it will be rendered any the more valuable for that addition; and you ought not to conclude beforehand that your gift will be accepted.

  41. We presume it is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that he is never, under any circumstances, to convey his knife to his mouth.

  42. In submitting this manual to the public, we do not presume to do more than offer such suggestions as may promote a better style of dress, consistent with a due regard to economy.

  43. We presume it is scarcely necessary to remind our fair reader that she is never, under any circumstances, to convey her knife to her mouth.

  44. Then I presume you are in condition for a little dash?

  45. By that I presume that you mean he will make it hot for any other dog he may tackle.

  46. From what I have heard, I presume there was a great deal of luck connected with that affair, but that is outside college sports.

  47. I presume you mean Flemming, Thornton and their crowd?

  48. I presume he will feel injured if I am chosen to run, instead of him?

  49. But as it is impossible for an English publisher to conduct his business without running that risk daily, I presume you will not allow it to deter you.

  50. I presume you have been sent by your class?

  51. I presume that this action on my part meets with your approval.

  52. You need not presume on your expected riches.

  53. I do not wish to presume on the great goodness you have shown me nor to forget the difference between us socially, but oh!

  54. I presume you would like to see the boys?

  55. And I presume you thought I was afraid to face him.

  56. You did not tell me so, but I presume you are aware that when Mr. Strobel was younger he permitted his generous sympathies to be enlisted in what he would then have called 'the people's party' of Russia.


  57. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "presume" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    account; adjudicate; affect; allegorize; allow; anticipate; aspire; assume; attempt; believe; bring; comprise; conceive; conclude; confide; conjecture; connote; consider; contain; contemplate; count; dare; daresay; deduce; deem; deride; desire; divine; dread; dream; entail; envisage; esteem; estimate; exceed; expect; face; fancy; feel; figure; foresee; gather; grant; guess; hazard; hint; hold; hope; imagine; implicate; imply; import; impose; infer; infringe; insinuate; intimate; intrude; involve; judge; let; maintain; mean; obtrude; opine; posit; postulate; predetermine; predict; prefigure; premise; presume; presuppose; presupposition; pretend; reckon; regard; repute; require; ridicule; say; subsume; suggest; suppose; surmise; suspect; take; taunt; think; trust; understand; gather; grant; guess; hazard; hint; hold; hope; imagine; implicate; imply; import; impose; infer; infringe; insinuate; intimate; intrude; involve; judge; let; maintain; mean; obtrude; opine; posit; postulate; predetermine; predict; prefigure; premise; presume; presuppose; presupposition; pretend; reckon; regard; repute; require; ridicule; say; subsume; suggest; suppose; surmise; suspect; take; taunt; think; trust; understand