Sentence examples for mere surmise from inspiring English sources
This was no mere surmise, said the foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, the following morning, but "completely clear beyond any doubt".
Of course, the inquiry whether there was any proof having such tendency is not to be solved by indulging in mere surmise or conjecture, or by resorting to imaginary possibilities, for to so do would but resolve the question back to the generic rule of liability as insurer which we have previously disposed of.
To justify conviction, it was necessary that this intent should be etasblished by competent evidence, aided only by such inferences as might logically be derived from the facts proved, and should not be the subject of mere surmise or arbitrary assumption.
However, that is mere surmise.
"We are not empowered to convert mere suspicion or surmise into some evidence, and stacking unsupported inference upon unsupported inference will not establish evidence that is legally sufficient," said a decision for the three-judge panel.
The merest layman could surmise that Syria (along with Iran) would feel threatened enough by democracy in Iraq to set about scuttling it.
The extent to which he was more than a mere aide is a matter for surmise, but there is evidence that his influence was huge.
Pissed off Floridians surmised it was not mere coincidence that this legislation bolstered the interests of the state's powerful agricultural industry, so they sued.
We thus surmise that coping may not be a mere risk indicator, whereas the others most certainly are.
The study's authors surmise that English has become seen as a mere tool, divorced in many minds from its associations with Britain and America.
