Definitions
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- v. Present participle of suspect.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Do you find that closely-knit towns tend to band together after a momentous event, however tragic, or, do you think Leigh is right in suspecting the entire town is whispering about her and her family behind her back?
A Conversation with Laura Moriarty author of The Rest of Her Life
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And the ‘seven’ – just amazing – Am I wrong in suspecting that their struggles with the hating-loving-respecting-accepting Elena have just begun?
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For one thing, both the ranking Democrat and Republican signed the letter, suggesting there is bipartisan sentiment in suspecting ... oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we first practice to deceive.
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Am I alone in suspecting that one serious consideration behind the decision to keep Stephen Colbert off the South Carolina Democratic primary ballot was that he might well win it?
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He is right in suspecting the “White City” to be imaginary, but its sea has no apparent connection with the Caspian.
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I certainly don't need any help in suspecting and distrusting the government.
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If the sequence was successful guessed, we would be reasonable in suspecting the guessing process was not in fact random.
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From the fact that no political party is opposing them, but that all are more or less clustering around them, I think we are justified in suspecting that the latter theory is the one to which we should hold.
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(Hist. des Empereurs, tom.v. p. 726) in suspecting the royal pedigree, which remained a secret till the promotion of Theodosius.
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Like his namesake Franken, Al wants to be taken seriously but many people, with good reason, persist in suspecting that he’s joking.
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