How to Use second-guess in a Sentence

second-guess

verb

• 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
• 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
• What was just second nature for you before, now you’re second-guessing.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Those moves also led to fierce opposition, and some second-guessing.
  — Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• But Spears’s new memoir makes clear that this shaming and second-guessing, using the language of care and concern, is deeply conventional.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2023
• Yet, beyond the usual second-guessing that will come with reviewing the videotape, Shanahan has no regrets.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• The difference between an Olympic medal and three years of second-guessing, wondering, lamenting: just one-hundredth of a second.
  — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
• The state Department of Justice had argued in a 35-page petition that the 9th Circuit wrongly second-guessed the state trial court judge who barred Crouse’s confession.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
• Below are a few reasons to both like and dislike/second-guess the top betting favorites for this award, as well as an explanation of why Dani Olmo is the best bet of the longshots chasing Gakpo.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 8 July 2024
• There was little hand-wringing over the plight of the remaining civilians caught in the combat, no public second-guessing which building should or should not have been targeted.
  — David Epstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• Beasley's close loss led to second-guessing among the left about the Senate Democrats' campaign arm's decision not to pump significant resources into the contest.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
• Trump’s lawyers, on the other hand, drew plenty of second-guessing for a legal strategy that revolved around denying not only the crime, but that Trump ever had an affair with Daniels.
  — Tessa Berenson Rogers, TIME, 30 May 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024