SUSPECT in a Sentence

Learn SUSPECT 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.
276 example sentences for SUSPECT, such as:
1. Nobody can possibly suspect what he says.
2. The suspect has dark hair and green eyes.
3. The police put a watch on the suspect's house.
4. Police were called in to check out a suspect van.
5. Police shot one suspect when he pulled a gun on them.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SUSPECT
suspect
 v.  imagine to be the case or true or probable
 a.  not as expected
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It would never do for Mammy to suspect that anything was wrong.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  You look very presentable now," she said, "and I don't think anyone will suspect you've been up to your tricks unless you brag about them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  But Scarlett loitered, wondering how to bring up the subject of Ashley without permitting Gerald to suspect her motive.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  No one would suspect that she had ever been downhearted because of Ashley and Melanie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  But they'd suspect it was your bedroom and that's just as bad.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  It was annoying the way Melly always misconstrued her motives--but perhaps that was far preferable to having her suspect the truth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Never, never must Melanie see or suspect how she felt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  No one, looking at her now, would suspect that poverty and want were standing at her shoulder.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  It would never do for Frank to suspect she had seen Rhett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  As it was, he didn't know enough about women even to suspect what she was up to.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  Ashley would never suspect that she would even think of doing anything so immoral.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  She simply left the brunt of the situation on her husband's hands, as if too absorbed in a grievance of her own to suspect that she might be the object of one herself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
13  Matter of fact, I suspect they were largely responsible for his locating here.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
14  In much the same way do the commonalty lead their leaders in many other things, at the same time that the leaders little suspect it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
15  Father Mapple enjoyed such a wide reputation for sincerity and sanctity, that I could not suspect him of courting notoriety by any mere tricks of the stage.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  He kept a detailed account of the suspect's movements.
2  I strongly suspect that most ordinary people would agree with me.
3  The police put a watch on the suspect's house.
4  We can't shake down the whole building, - only the suspect's apartment.
5  Police were called in to check out a suspect van.
6  The suspect has dark hair and green eyes.
7  The police have pulled in a half dozen people who they suspect.
8  I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them.
9  If you suspect a gas leak, do not strike a match or even turn on an electric light.
10  If you suspect a gas leak do not strike a match or use electricity.
11  Police shot one suspect when he pulled a gun on them.
12  He was named as the prime suspect in the murder investigation.
13  Nobody can possibly suspect what he says.
14  Greg tipped police off on his car phone about a suspect drunk driver.
15  The police said they had no reason to suspect foul play.