How to Use speculate in a Sentence

speculate

verb

• He speculated as to whether she would come.
• We don't know what happened—we can only speculate.
• She could only speculate about her friend's motives.
• The piece speculates that the drop marks the transformation of Saydnaya from a prison to a death camp.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Many have speculated over the meaning of the pieces and how many there will be in total.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
• Most are convinced the Alters stole the painting, even if the FBI won’t speculate.
  — AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• Cyrus doesn't name names, but fans didn't take long to speculate whether the song is about her ex-husband, Liam Hemsworth.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Mar. 2023
• The argument for keeping Mervis at Iowa the rest of the season is easy enough to speculate on.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
• Investors started to speculate the whole thing might be a scam.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
• It has been speculated to be his last, even by Allen, who is 88.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The rest of the video speculated about what kind of train car the new ride might use, and how a lighter one, made of a lighter metal, might make the ride even better.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2023
• But the coach wouldn't go as far as to speculate whether White could be the long-term answer at quarterback.
  — Dennis Waszak Jr., BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• Lindy’s speculated that the Tide might run the ball more this season, even with Jahmyr Gibbs gone.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2023
• Her same-day announcement of the split spurred fans of the couple to speculate that Hardrict had cheated on Mowry.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• At one point it was speculated to involve time travel, but sources say that is not the case.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
• The women speculate there might be a mole in the group and wonder how certain details this season have been leaked to the press.
  — Dana Feldman, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
• To speculate on that would be science fiction—fun, but not very meaty.
  — Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2023
• Johnson speculated that the impact of the bus hitting the building had caused the injuries.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Late last season, Wilson was benched amid a tough year with the team that many speculated would be his last.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• Now looks like the right time to speculate with options, too, which are affordably priced.
  — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• In the meantime, lucky for us, physicists love to speculate how the universe began.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2023
• It was long speculated that Locke had been cast to play Billy.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
• The videos racked up millions of views, and many people in her comments speculated why a rug would be buried in her yard.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
• In the meantime, Whitesburg, Letcher County and the rest of the region have been left only to speculate.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 22 Sep. 2024
• That spark of hope has led some economists to speculate on not if, but when those rate cuts may begin.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2024
• If this keeps up, some have speculated that Musk may have to sell some of his Tesla stock to keep the company afloat.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
• The team speculates that the trilobite may have been molting, which could explain the feeding frenzy.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
• And since the controllers can be removed, Windows Report speculates that the screen is a touchscreen.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 Aug. 2023
• In the same period, options on bitcoin ETFs began trading, ushering in a new way to trade and speculate on the price of bitcoin.
  — Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
• Others likened it to temporary tattoos, speculating that moisture caused the letters to transfer from the plastic to the bread.
  — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024