Having boasted how sure his hunches were, he was forced to eat his hat when he guessed wrong.
Source: tatoeba (264770)
Hunches
//ˈhʌnt͡ʃɪz//
Synonyms for "hunches" (155 found)
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Related words (77)
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preapprehensionpredictionpremonitionpresagepresagementpresentimentpushrecurvereflectreflexretroflexribridgeringrough guessroundsagscrouch downsensationshotshoulderspeculationspinesquatstabstoopstudstylesurmisesuspicionswagsweeptabtheorytubercletuberculeturnunverified suppositionvague feelingvague ideavaultverrucavesiclewadwalewallowwartweltwelterwild guesswind
Noun(2 words)
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Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Hunches are important, isn't that right?
Source: tatoeba (10208598)
Police follow hunches all the time.
Source: tatoeba (10529695)
The problem was that he only had hunches.
Source: tatoeba (10946115)
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