suspecting

Example Sentences

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This policy, she explains, “tramples the constitutional requirement that officers must have a particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped of criminal activity.”

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

But suspecting something is afoot is a world away from proving in court it really is.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

This was Stephanie Lazarus, a 25-year-old patrol officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, and in retrospect, the grounds for suspecting her seem obvious.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

The attorney general says the bodies recovered have been taken for autopsy, with investigators suspecting links to smuggling networks.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

“Tell me another,” she said when I announced the end, suspecting she wouldn’t recognize it otherwise.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine