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Example sentences for "well founded"

  • The standard supposition that Smithfield is a corruption of smooth field may or may not be well founded.

  • Since writing I find this surmise to be well founded.

  • That a man is a member of one of these societies will not protect him from an accusation for treason, if the charge is well founded.

  • On this occasion he would vote in favor of the amendment, and would endeavor to answer the objections, which, if well founded, would be a subject of great uneasiness in his mind, considering how he intended to give his vote.

  • The objection made by the gentleman near me is, undoubtedly, well founded.

  • Such a charge would have been but too well founded.

  • If the "New Philosophy" be worthy of the reprobation with which it is visited, I confess their fears seem to me to be well founded.

  • The principle appears to be well founded in reason.

  • May they not be attained without admitting the objections at present, supposing the objections to be well founded?

  • But, while all this is true, the instinctive aversion with which this act of Nelson's has been regarded generally is well founded.

  • But his fears were well founded: some one had visited the subterranean during the hours while he himself was occupied in escaping from Coldbath Fields' Prison.

  • And if my theory of the duration of life in the Metazoa is well founded, these cells have as a matter of fact increased their duration, to an extent about equal to that of the organism to which they belong.

  • It is quite possible that this distinction may be well founded, but no conclusive evidence of the occurrence of the second process has yet been adduced.

  • This group of forms, if my suggestion as to its existence is well founded, appears now to have perished.

  • Actinozoa, is well founded, it cannot be rejected as impossible.

  • Be assured that this would be a fearful complaint were it well founded.

  • If the leading idea of this work is well founded, the relations of mankind with the external world must be viewed in this way: God created the earth.

  • If this observation is well founded, it is conclusive.

  • Some of his reasonings not appearing to me well founded, I wrote a little metaphysical piece in which I made remarks on them.

  • Perhaps, too, she thought my expectations not so well founded as I imagined them to be.

  • This whole transaction gave us Americans the first suspicion that our exalted ideas of the prowess of British regular troops had not been well founded.

  • Nevertheless, I had still some doubts remaining, which appeared to me well founded, for thus I reasoned.

  • The pride of a superior race and self-esteem, well founded in this case, are a universal power.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "well founded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    always like; convince himself; petite maison; well able; well acquainted; well advised; well again; well armed; well authenticated; well aware; well beaten; well browned; well considered; well drained; well dried; well enough; well filled; well founded; well knew; well laid; well remembered; well seasoned; well skimmed; well soaked; well tell; well together