draw an inference
Example Sentences
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But will the judge "draw an inference" that Mr Morgan not giving evidence suggests he was involved?
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023
"Sanctions could include monetary fines, or even adverse decisions about the case, such as allowing the jury to draw an inference in favor of Dominion as to particular issues."
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2023
"This is a civil case — so the court can draw an inference of liability. This is exactly what the AG was hoping to achieve. The case is now even stronger," he wrote.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2022
Perhaps too quick to draw an inference, Robbins mistrusted his intentions; his dour habit boded ill in the servant's understanding: men in such moods were apt to act unwisely.
From The Fortune Hunter by Vance, Louis Joseph
But again; suppose we observe several instances, in which the same objects are always conjoined together, we immediately conceive a connexion betwixt them, and begin to draw an inference from one to another.
From A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume, David
