PREDICT in a Sentence

Learn PREDICT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

101 example sentences for PREDICT, such as:

1. He predicted when war would break out.
2. She entered, transformed as her guardian had predicted.
3. It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
4. I predict from all this an avalanche of dinners and routs.
5. He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.

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 Meanings and Examples of PREDICT
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predict
 v.  state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  You have found in him an influential and kind friend, who will be kinder yet, I venture to predict, if you deserve it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
2  "You will become another man, I predict," said Sergey Ivanovitch, feeling touched.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 5
3  I predict from all this an avalanche of dinners and routs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks.
4  Her many attractions were again dwelt on, and Caroline boasted joyfully of their increasing intimacy, and ventured to predict the accomplishment of the wishes which had been unfolded in her former letter.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  Now, he was going to try to take liberties, just as Ellen predicted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  At the end of July came the unwelcome news, predicted by Uncle Henry, that the Yankees had swung around again toward Jonesboro.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  As grandfather had predicted, Mrs. Shimerda never saw the roads going over his head.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
8  Many had predicted that Robert would devote himself to Mrs. Pontellier when he arrived.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
9  It was doubtless in consequence of a knowledge of this fact, that one great statesman of the south predicted the downfall of slavery by the inevitable laws of population.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
10  Noirtier was a true prophet, and things progressed rapidly, as he had predicted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
11  This order was also executed; and the vessel passed, as Dantes had predicted, twenty fathoms to windward.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
12  Danglars made no reply; he was occupied in anticipations of the coming scene between himself and the baroness, whose frowning brow, like that of Olympic Jove, predicted a storm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
13  This was Julie, who had become, as the clerk of the house of Thomson & French had predicted, Madame Emmanuel Herbault.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 50. The Morrel Family.
14  She entered, transformed as her guardian had predicted.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
15  He predicted the same fate to attraction, whereof the present learned are such zealous asserters.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VIII.
Example Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
16  He could predict with unerring accuracy what the score would be.
17  They predict that a large earthquake will strike the east coast before the end of the decade.
18  They predict that the majority of internet connections will be by mobile communication devices closer to pocket computers than portable telephones.
19  They predict that the vast majority of internet connections will be by mobile communication devices closer to pocket computers than portable telephones.
20  The turn of the millennium has impelled some scientists to predict a fantastic future.
21  Scientists predict that the average human life span will grow to 130 years.
22  Other scientists predict that the average human life span will grow to 130 years.
23  Using only a few descriptive phrases, you delineate the character of Mr. Collins so well that we can predict his every move.
24  I have no magical prophetic powers; when I predict what will happen, I base my predictions on common sense.
25  We're not trying to predict which markets will all of a sudden have double-digit growth in home prices.
26  Assume that the additional information predicted project success.
27  He predicted when war would break out.
28  It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
29  All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast.
30  He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.