I have sometimes speculated whether he might not ask you to keep house for him, but last time I saw him, I fancied that he was inclined to hold aloof from you.
People of every age and sex, and condition in life, speculated in the rise and fall of the Mississippi bonds.
The tulip-jobbers speculated in the rise and fall of the tulip stocks, and made large profits by buying when prices fell, and selling out when they rose.
He stayed a few months in Amsterdam, and speculated to some extent in the funds.
Probably Cambridge might have speculated on private conversations with his brother-in-law, the Earl of March, and have persuaded himself that he would fall in with such a scheme when it appeared to him feasible.
He speculated and believed in the capability of raising the most wonderful weights by mechanical contrivance, and of walking on the bottom of the sea.
Mrs Gamp and Mr Sweedlepipe had many deep discoursings on the subject of this mysterious customer; but they usually agreed that he had speculatedtoo much and was keeping out of the way.
HE never speculated and traded on her pride in you, and her having educated you, and on her desire that you at least should live to be a gentleman.
One day you speculated on the paint in my cheeks for the space of a minute and a half:--I had said that I freckled easily.
The supply required was almost ten times as large as the quantity in which the celebrated Ouvrard speculated at the outset of the Revolution.
Billy Louise speculated briefly upon the note of calm authority in his voice.
He speculated upon the amount of gold he might yet hope to wash out of that gravel streak, though he had held himself sternly back from such mental indulgence all the spring.
Ramsay speculated on the scene he was witnessing, and then he found the whys and wherefores, the reasons behind it.
Marta busied herself at the big wood-burning stove, and Ramsay speculated on the difficulties involved in just getting such a stove into this country.
I wonder who she left roomless in the hall this time," speculated Grace.
Whoever she is," speculated Grace, "by this time she is probably sorry for what she did.
Travers had sunk into his seat, his face still white with terror, with one hand over his eyes, and Dyson speculated a good deal as he walked rapidly away as to what queer chords those could be on which he had played so roughly.
Opposite was the grinding-machine, its owner now silent and crestfallen, as he inwardly speculated upon what the law could do to him.
They had speculated so much upon where he could be, that the ever-recurring thought now brought only its heart-sickness; and Maude had the additional pain of hearing petty shafts launched at her because she was his sister.
He speculatedon the Exchange and tampered with the deposits placed in his hands.
The more he saw of Mrs. Goddard, the more he wondered at her and speculated about her and the less he dared to ask her any questions.
He's speculated and made money every time, but I never heard of his wrecking a railroad or belonging to any swindling company or any grinding monopoly.
We speculated much as to how the Tibetans had found us, and we could not help surmising that our friends of the previous afternoon must have put them on our track.
But when my gentleman stood fast, and renewed the demand to know the exact charge for the distance already traversed, the postillion dismounted, glanced him over, and speculated with his fingers tipping up his hat.
As the party passed them, growlers gazed and speculated as to who the new-comers might be.
Full of renewed hope, I looked out of the window into the Eastern evening, and speculated on what the god of chance might do for us.
For the rest they laughed hysterically, speculated unceasingly, and talked charmingly and interminably.
In this fashion did he guess and speculate and question on a difficulty where even wiser heads have guessed and speculated and questioned just as vaguely.
Every one selected him for his messenger; he soon succeeded in saving some money, andspeculated on his own account; the movement of stocks was favorable to him; and to make a long story short, he has become a millionaire.
We have speculated enough, but it hasn't succeeded with us.
They cannot fail to drop before long; then, as we shall havespeculated in something else, and you will probably be in funds, you can buy in again.
He speculated about her future destiny, and about the husband she might have, with an affection for her which would have drained her heart of its dearest drop of hope, and broken it.
His original curiosity augmented every day, as he watched for her, saw or did not see her, and speculated about her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "speculated" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
