hypothetic
Example Sentences
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In a recent article for Foreign Policy, Stephen Walt imagined a hypothetic scenario in which the U.S. announced military action to punish Brazil for the deforestation of the Amazon.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2019
My sorry dreams of love synthetic Will never not be hypothetic, And people call me misanthropic, Whenever I bring up this topic.
From Slate ● May 3, 2018
Then in one of many tonal shifts, she raises her voice, irritated at the audience’s hypothetic gratitude: “But I made you tense!”
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2018
Here, sure enough, are sad new intricacies in the Diplomatic, hypothetic sphere of things; and clouds piling themselves ahead, in a very minatory manner to King Friedrich.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle
He was acting on hypothetic grounds, but this was the sort of action that had the keenest interest for his diplomatic mind.
From Romola by George Eliot
