hunch

Example Sentences

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And so the striker's hunch proved correct - he did have a role to play.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Monahan's own hunch centres on a subtype of the E. coli bacteria in the gut.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

My hunch is that many who are making this false claim about the stocks-bonds correlation are overly fixated on the 60/40 portfolio’s 2022 loss, believing that a loss that large sounded the portfolio’s death knell.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

Christy plans to travel to the wilds of southern Utah, where, she has a hunch, the riches will be found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

She doesn’t respond at first, but he’s got a hunch that she will.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone