How to Use second-guess in a Sentence

second-guess

verb

• Kind of hard to second-guess that move, but the Bears will be armed with two second-rounders in 2025.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
• Give yourself time to get over the second-guessing and try not to change the story.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• There was no time to — No time to second-guess yourself. Or let that fear settle in.
  — Vulture, 22 May 2023
• Southers second-guessed some aspects of the initiative in a 2017 Times op-ed.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• One warned Ziani not to second-guess a professor of Gino’s stature in this way.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• Of course there will be second-guessing after any loss.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Scott wasn’t a man prone to second-guessing himself, but those doubts wouldn’t relent.
  — Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 30 July 2024
• Their expertise can save you the time and headache of second-guessing a large purchase — or steer you away from an ill-fitting piece from the start.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
• At this stage, knob twiddling and second-guessing often sets in.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• Jones has since second-guessed their plan of going into the season with two rookie starters on the offensive line.
  — Jon MacHota, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
• Rocky spends much of the film brooding, moping, second-guessing himself.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
• In practical terms, scrapping Chevron would transfer that power not to Congress or the people, but to the courts that second-guess them.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 June 2023
• The administration also argued that the lower court judges were wrong to second-guess the FDA’s judgment about the safety of a drug that has been used for decades.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• Toward the end of the journey, my second-guessing snowballed into a crisis of conscience.
  — Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
• What was just second nature for you before, now you’re second-guessing.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• The following day, Mars will station retrograde in Leo, which could cause you to second-guess some of your most recent choices.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
• In an interview last May, Beed’s civil surgeon at the time, Suresh Sable, said the government should not second-guess doctors.
  — Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• Don’t second-guess yourself; trust and believe in your abilities.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Instead of second-guessing themselves, their attitude is to always take the chance.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
• Reubens’s first take on Pee-wee on the improv stage was riskier, intended entirely for grown-ups who were just old enough to second-guess their own childhoods.
  — Hank Stuever, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• Both situations will be easy to second-guess this winter.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• However, this same discretion, the court added, shields the agency's decisions from being second-guessed by the courts​.
  — Jesus Mesa, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
• In a decision that would be second-guessed for years to come, Twitter also shut down Vine, its video app that had popularized the concept of short, bite-sized videos.
  — Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
• Unlike in previous years, there is no hesitation at the rim or second-guessing his decision to get the ball and go.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
• The stakes were so high that, personally, I was stressed out the entire time — second-guessing songs, second-guessing the performances.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024
• In prior seasons, Ryan had a tendency to second-guess himself and fixate on his own mistakes.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
• After a pause, Graziadei started to second-guess himself.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• Asked if throwing a fastball, his third-best pitch this season, at the game’s crucial moment, Bochy stopped short of second-guessing pitch selection.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• After the game, Lakers head coach JJ Redick second-guessed his decision to interest the rookie into the rotation.
  — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
• The Oilers haven’t been hurt by Kane’s absence in the standings, but the constant uncertainty about his status has created headaches and the potential for second-guessing.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Feb 2025