PRESUME in a Sentence

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70 example sentences for PRESUME, such as:

1. The species was presumed extinct.
2. I presume you're here on business.
3. I presume there are other papers there.
4. I presume that it is a very quiet place.
5. Or presume there's innocency in childhood.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRESUME
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
presume
 v.  take for granted as true in absence of proof; venture without authority
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  "It would be robbing you of the credit of the case if I was to presume to help you," remarked my friend.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  Or presume there's innocency in childhood.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
3  Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
4  I presume to observe, Sir Walter, that, in the way of business, gentlemen of the navy are well to deal with.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  But surely you may put off this old lady till to-morrow: she is not so near her end, I presume, but that she may hope to see another day.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  These, we presume, indicated the nature of the papers which had been destroyed by Colonel Openshaw.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
7  I understand that you have already managed several delicate cases of this sort, sir, though I presume that they were hardly from the same class of society.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
8  This case, I presume, contains the coronet.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
9  But in the interval the rogue had learned to imitate you, and his position was therefore secure, as I presume that nobody in the office had ever set eyes upon you.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
10  I presume that it is a very quiet place.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
11  This small pellet is, I presume, the black, doughy mass you spoke of.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
12  I presume there are other papers there.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
13  I should never presume so far, but Miss Melly," and his voice was apologetic, "I'm sorry I had to say that Mr. Wilkes was in Belle Watling's house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  It was fair to presume that being a harpooneer, his linen or woollen, as the case might be, would not be of the tidiest, certainly none of the finest.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
15  Least of all, did Flask presume to help himself to butter.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
Example Sentence:
1  I presume that an agreement will eventually be reached.
2  We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.
3  I presume you're here on business.
4  We are asked to presume that she is innocent.
5  Little is known of the youngest son; it is presumed that he died young.
6  The species was presumed extinct.
7  Secondly, admission to a psychiatric unit has presumably been the result of distress which in many cases will persist after admission.
8  It's raining, which presumably means that your football match will be cancelled.
9  He had gone to the reception desk, presumably to check out.
10  The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely agitated and repeatedly slapped the water with their tails, presumably to try to deter the predator as it cruised nearby.
11  A former Chicagoan killed the lion on a safari, which is presumably how the specimen came to Chicago.
12  Forty per cent of the US population are women 25-65 years old, presumable the target audience.