on a hunch
Example Sentences
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McLean, a 32-year-old data analyst in Chicago, was monitoring his wife’s scheduled United flight to New York on a hunch it would be waylaid by the shutdown and a coming snowstorm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Suppose you bought $1,000 worth of a particular stock on a hunch that the company would have a strong earnings report.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2024
The search was illegal, Saffari argued, probably based on a hunch that DeLeon might be armed because of his past criminal record and the area where he was stopped.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
And as many foragers and scientists say, don’t munch on a hunch.
From National Geographic • Aug. 31, 2023
It could have been a neighbor, watching our car pull out from the driveway in the morning, acting on a hunch, tipping them off for a gold star on someone’s list.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
