Sentence examples for were reckoning from inspiring English sources
verb
To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Joseph Addison.
The international official said "Ministry of Health types" were reckoning about 1,000 deaths before Jafari issued his denial.
SIR JAMES BROOKE, K.C.B. 45 ittgaour guns were polished, and we were reckoning the number of sea birds, new to us, to be added to our collection.
Officials were reckoning recently that they would keep rising for several years.Those predictions were made before the floods and the appearance of foot-and-mouth disease, but there are, nevertheless, good reasons for optimism.
In his press conference Mr Bernanke clarified what that meant: a drop in the unemployment rate to about 7%.Some market participants were reckoning on a more ambitious definition of "substantially".
The bank is back in profit and commentators were reckoning that in the next few weeks the share price could reach the 63p price at which the Government bought its stake.
Because their husbanded cash and gold had been forfeited to the marauding water, families were reckoning with instant poverty; many people were literally left with nothing -- not even coins in their pockets or clothes on their backs.
Inheritance and clan membership were reckoned patrilineally.
Late injection and small swirl were reckoned to be the main reasons for reducing NOx.
They were reckoned to be perverse and mischievous.
When it was possible, OR (Odds Ratio) and its 95% CI (Confidential Interval) were reckoned.
Now the city is reckoning with years of wrongful arrests.
