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Sentences ending with supposition

He conjectured that these were remains of the victims of the catastrophe of 1820, and a minute inquest, immediately instituted by the local authorities, soon demonstrated the correctness of his supposition. [5]
It is possible that no ball was in the gun; and we infer that there was, only because we cannot account for death on any other supposition. [3]
But there are other passages so entirely sane, and as it seems to me so just, that if any reader attributes them to me I shall not think myself wronged by the supposition. [6]
It was a matter of course, after what Van Hout had said, that there should be a battle; it had not even been proposed by anybody, but the discussion that now arose proceeded from the supposition. [10]
The more vividly he recalled to memory his own work and his friend's, the more probable appeared his disquieting supposition. [10]

Short sentences using supposition

The supposition was correct. [10]

More example sentences with the word supposition in them

This is a wonderfully interesting supposition of yours, and may prove to be strictly in accordance with the facts. [6]
The general supposition was that he had committed suicide, and, this appearing to be favoured by all the circumstances of his death, the verdict was to that effect. [12]
Calling on Him to forgive our work, badly done or left undone, implies the vain supposition that we have nothing to do but to ask pardon, and that afterwards we shall be free to repeat the offence. [5]
The supposition was, that the bird would think there was an effort to trap him, that there was a man behind, holding up these garments, and would sing, as he kept at a distance, "You can't catch me with any such double device. [4]
The supposition is that being contemporaneous with the events spoken of, it must be true, and that it is an honest record. [4]
On the first supposition, there is a fixed amount of force always circulating in the universe. [3]
Remained, therefore, the supposition that if he cared for her she would do him no harm, as to his position. [11]
They are so small, and they come in such numbers only in the shower, that the supposition is not a violent one. [4]
Neither was he satisfied to set down everything to the account of insanity, plausible as that supposition might seem. [6]
Hermon hastily thought over these questions, but the supposition that the light of the torch might be intended for a signal did not occur to him. [10]
This, however, was on the supposition that he had conscientiously kept Sunday, and had not gone in swimming and got drowned. [4]
I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. [5]
I should really like to hear what answer you would make if I consulted you seriously, with a view to my own choice,--on the supposition that there was a fair chance that either of them might be won. [6]
His hated colleague, Kandaules, whom he had used as a substitute for himself, had been already executed, by the king's command, for negligence, and on the supposition that he had accepted a bribe; Nitetis was not only ruined, but certain to die a shameful death. [10]
To us there is nothing incongruous in the supposition that Lydia Blood was "ready to become an ornament to society the moment she lands in Venice. [4]
If the question is asked how we are to reconcile the great variations in the mortality of puerperal fever in different seasons and places with the supposition of contagion, I will answer it by another question from Mr. Farr's letter to the Registrar-General. [3]
The first supposition, however, seemed to be the correct one, for as Hermon approached the canal he heard moans of pain. [10]
Previously the supposition had been that it emptied into the Atlantic, or Sea of Virginia. [5]
Though this plan had been drawn up on the supposition that Moscow was still in our hands, it was approved by the staff and accepted as a basis for action. [2]
There are a good many trout in it--at least that is the supposition, for the visitors very seldom get them out. [4]
And she permitted, for an instant, her mind to linger on the supposition that Howard Spence had never come into her life; might she not, when the Vicomte had made his unexpected and generous avowal, have accepted him? [9]
Stephen set this down as a most natural supposition on their part that all young men must have an interest in Virginia Carvel. [9]
Dorokhov's report about Broussier's division, the guerrillas' reports of distress in Napoleon's army, rumors of preparations for leaving Moscow, all confirmed the supposition that the French army was beaten and preparing for flight. [2]
The idea that Barbara would take her own maid with her rested, it is true, on the supposition that so well-dressed a young lady, who belonged to an ancient family, must as surely possess such a person as eyes and hands. [10]
She trembled also at the supposition of Sergeant Tom awaking and finding his papers gone. [11]
Could n't be anything in such a violent supposition as that, and yet such a crafty fellow as that Bradshaw,--what trick was he not up to? [6]
If he attempted any explanation, would it not involve the offensive supposition that his social rank was different from hers? [4]
It is but an ordinary degree of charity to attribute this act to the supposition that, in thus attaching themselves to the various parties, each man in his own judgment supposes he thereby best advances the interests of the whole country. [7]
The historians, in accord with the old habit of acknowledging divine intervention in human affairs, want to see the cause of events in the expression of the will of someone endowed with power, but that supposition is not confirmed either by reason or by experience. [2]
This is not a supposition but a fact proved by trial. [4]

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