surmisal
Example Sentences
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An educated surmisal first thing was that even with their overnight lead of 205 England were the strongest of favourites ,with even 150 providing a real challenge.
From The Guardian • May 19, 2013
Passing surmisal, He hammered, He wrought me, From curled silver vapour, To lust of His mind:- Thou could'st not have thought me!
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
"It comes from Miss Ward's room," was her second surmisal.
From Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Two-Bits asked innocently, whereupon Hepburn certified the accuracy of that surmisal by moving uneasily.
From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold
Passing surmisal, He hammered, He wrought me, From curled silver vapor, To lust of His mind:— Thou couldst not have thought me!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
