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How to use guess in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Guess means to reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate. Example: “We can only guess at what was going through her mind.”

Examples of guess by meaning

verbTo reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

  • We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
  • She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.

verbTo solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

  • He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
  • You guessed the right answer!
  • You will never guess what happened next.

verbTo suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

  • That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.

verbTo think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

  • "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
  • "I guess I'll go to bed."

nounA prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

  • If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
  • "But I shall have eleven guesses," answered Ozma.1907, L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz

More sentences with guess

  • When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.From the entry put
  • I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.From the entry osmosis
  • I forgot to pack the tent! Well, I guess we’re sleeping under the stars tonight.From the entry well
  • Well, we're out of copy paper, so I guess there'll be no printing any printouts today!From the entry out of
  • Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.From the entry fine
  • He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.From the entry blind
  • I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!From the entry pregnant
  • Take care when guessing, since problems do not always have cut-and-dried answers.From the entry cut and dried
  • I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.From the entry knock up
  • They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.From the entry compromise
  • I tried not to let on that I had already guessed the answer.From the entry let on
  • Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil! –You don't say.From the entry you don't say
  • I guess I'd better get my room in shape if I have guests.From the entry in shape
  • I should have quit this job long ago, but I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.From the entry glutton for punishment
  • Well, that didn't work at all, so it's back to the drawing board, I guess.From the entry back to the drawing board
  • I don't really read French, but I can often guess enough to get the drift.From the entry get the drift
  • He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.From the entry bump into
  • Well, I guess it'll never work. So much for that idea.From the entry so much for
  • That singer's second single didn't chart; I guess his 15 minutes are almost up.From the entry 15 minutes
  • I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.From the entry come down
  • You get no prize for guessing what happened when the spider landed on her plate.From the entry no prize for guessing
  • The timezone metadatum of the date field can be used to guess the location of the user.From the entry metadatum
  • I've only had two job interviews and – guess what – no job offers.From the entry guess what
  • Guess I was sauced up and accidentally sold a few bottles to Julian.From the entry sauce up
  • I've never been good at sewing; I guess I've got two left hands.From the entry two left hands
  • He asked me to guess his middle name, and I got it in one.From the entry in one
  • She's in the bathroom ― I guess the food was not sitting right.From the entry sit right
  • And guess how many students had done the homework? Not one!From the entry not one
  • He rejected me because revenge, I guess.From the entry because
  • What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock?From the entry time

Meaning of guess

  1. verb To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
  2. verb To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
  3. verb To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

Full definition of guess

Questions about guess in a sentence

How do you use guess in a sentence?
Guess is used as a verb and noun. For example: “We can only guess at what was going through her mind.”
What is a short sentence with guess?
“You guessed the right answer!”
What does guess mean?
Guess means to reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: guess (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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