Speculate

//ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt//

"Speculate" in a Sentence (14 examples)

I wouldn't want to speculate.

Would you care to speculate?

I can only speculate.

I'm not going to speculate.

It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thought suffices them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action.

As to what happened there, one can only speculate.

Some speculate that unknown and mysterious forces account for the unexplained disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle, such as extraterrestrials capturing humans for study; the influence of the lost continent of Atlantis; vortices that suck objects into other dimensions; and other whimsical ideas.

The filmmakers can only speculate why McQueen, who struggled with drug addiction, took his life.

Sami didn't want to speculate.

I don't want to speculate.

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It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.

We can speculate that in many instances the sharks are not feeding on their victims, but only in a few cases can we guess what they are doing.

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].

Some preliminary legal arrangements were made, but the scheme proceeded no further, as the various local authorities concerned were unwilling to speculate public funds on what was, even at that date, a will o' the wisp.

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