suspected
believed likely
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,171 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,122 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- believed likely a suspected thiefa suspected infection
suspected in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For I suspected that the bird would take wing now.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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She was sure now that Morgan knew and suspected nothing.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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He could not offer his diamonds for sale in that country without being suspected.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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They suspected some secret, but though they spied and spied, they could not discover it.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The servant, shrewdly questioned, had said nothing that could in any way cause the truth to be suspected.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1