PRESUMPTION in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for PRESUMPTION, such as:
1. I knew that the presumption was against us.
2. Heir presumptive, William Walter Elliot, Esq.
3. The article makes too many false presumptions.
4. The gravest presumptions rest upon you, and may induce vital results.
5. In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him.
2. Heir presumptive, William Walter Elliot, Esq.
3. The article makes too many false presumptions.
4. The gravest presumptions rest upon you, and may induce vital results.
5. In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him.
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Meanings and Examples of PRESUMPTION
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presumption
n. an assumption that is taken for granted
n. a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 To call or to fancy it a loss, a disappointment, would be a presumption for which she had not words strong enough to satisfy her own humility.
2 If he wanted, he would send for her; and even to offer an early return was a presumption which hardly anything would have seemed to justify.
3 There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
4 In the first place, we may start with a strong presumption that Colonel Openshaw had some very strong reason for leaving America.
5 "You will, I am sure, excuse my presumption, Dr. Watson," said he as he came panting up to where I stood.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
6 There was nothing of presumption or folly in Bingley that could provoke his ridicule, or disgust him into silence; and he was more communicative, and less eccentric, than the other had ever seen him.
7 This match, to which you have the presumption to aspire, can never take place.
8 In a word, the Negro youth starts out with the presumption against him.
9 I knew that the presumption was against us.
10 An act of so much precipitancy and presumption would seal the downfall of precocious intellect forever.
11 The gravest presumptions rest upon you, and may induce vital results.
12 These are the terms of his deposition: 'I do not even stand in need of circumstantial proofs and moral presumptions to give the lie to the prisoner's denial.'
13 Connie didn't feel it, perhaps because it was not directed against women; only against men, and their presumptions and assumptions.
14 "I make no presumptions about you," said the priest.
15 Heir presumptive, William Walter Elliot, Esq.
Example Sentence:
1 There is a general presumption that fatty foods are bad for your heart.
2 The presumption is that resource allocation will be improved upon by this type of government activity.
3 There is a strong presumption in favour of the truthfulness of their statement.
4 And the poor old stick used to cry out 'Oh you villains childs!' -- and then we sermonized her on the presumption of attempting to teach such clever blades as we were, when she was herself so ignorant.
5 The article makes too many false presumptions.