How to Use suppose in a Sentence
suppose
verb- Just suppose for a moment that you agreed with me.
- Supposing he refuses to help, what do we do then?
- Suppose a fire broke out. How would we escape?
- The renovations will cost much more than we originally supposed.
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For starters, how are you supposed to use the square end of the board vs. the pointy end?
— Helen Carefoot, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024 -
The poles are supposed to hold the lines, the lines are not supposed to hold up the poles.
— Alexandra Koch, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023 -
You're not supposed to talk outside of the Court about the opinions and work of the Court.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 May 2023 -
To the class of 2020: This was supposed to be your year — your senior year.
— Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 20 May 2020 -
And suppose there’s any doubt in your mind about this bias.
— Essence, 14 Dec. 2022 -
Can all the states purge the dead people, the people that aren’t supposed to vote?
— Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024 -
This idea that we’re supposed to be frozen in time is so weird.
— Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023 -
We were only supposed to be in the air about eight hours.
— Victoria Kennedy, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023 -
Umm isn’t the winner of the Battle suppose to win the battle?
— Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2021 -
In fact, a moran is not supposed to take a single bite alone.
— Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024 -
To handle judges who are way off, off the charts on what they’re supposed to do.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2023 -
What are parents — and teens — supposed to do in the meantime?
— Fox News, 7 June 2024 -
We weren’t supposed to whistle and cat call, but sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants.
— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Vogue, 19 June 2024 -
Jafari, who lived a few blocks away, didn’t know who was supposed to clean up the mess.
— IndyStar, 1 June 2020 -
How are we supposed to know which oil to use for what purpose?
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2024 -
Was she supposed to be dining on sushi while all of her friends were gone?
— EW.com, 8 June 2024 -
At first, suppose the ball appears to be lined up with the 8-centimeter mark on the ruler.
— Rhett Allain, Wired, 19 May 2021 -
And then when he’s supposed to be suave, that doesn’t work either.
— refinery29.com, 1 June 2023 -
Part of what makes the new Skechers Food Spot so much fun is that it isn’t supposed to be there.
— Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Children have been killed in what’s supposed to be the safest place for them and nothing has changed.
— Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024 -
Texans weren’t supposed to have high regard for the Kennedys and their Camelot.
— Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 24 July 2023 -
The woman in that tape is okay, and that’s what we’re all supposed to be after: proof that Kate’s okay.
— Megan Angelo, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024 -
They’re not supposed to way over collect and build up these big funds.
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023 -
You’re supposed to love being a mother, but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time.
— Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 July 2023 -
Because the whole idea is that it’s supposed to be the idea of something fabulous.
— Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024 -
We’re supposed to find out by tomorrow if a federal appeals court will uphold the law requiring Bytedance to sell off its stake.
— Makena Kelly, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
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