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.
  • You're supposed to wait for the row ahead of you to clear.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • The go-ahead shot late was not even supposed to be for him.
    — Cameron Fields, Sixers Wire, 19 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • We were supposed to place the traffic cone by the bend in the road where the truck was meant to stop.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • That’s what this time of year is supposed to feel like.
    — Damaris Phillips, Woman's Day, 19 Nov. 2018
  • The horses were hurt and it was supposed the drinker of rot gut was killed.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • It is not supposed to be used in peace time against a gang.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • To the class of 2020: This was supposed to be your year — your senior year.
    — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 20 May 2020
  • You were supposed to get it this season with the Browns.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • What are we supposed to cling to when the ground is shaking?
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
  • And suppose there’s any doubt in your mind about this bias.
    — Essence, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The stay in the beach house was supposed to clear their heads, and Joe wasn’t supposed to show up.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Can all the states purge the dead people, the people that aren’t supposed to vote?
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Didn’t the universe know this wasn’t supposed to be my life?
    — Melissa Blake, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2018
  • This idea that we’re supposed to be frozen in time is so weird.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Let’s suppose your daughter is a run-of-the-mill 6-year-old.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • You’re also supposed to floss the back sides of your last teeth, FYI.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 26 Feb. 2019
  • We were only supposed to be in the air about eight hours.
    — Victoria Kennedy, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And, indeed, there is reason to suppose that many, many people were not watching the Oscars this year.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Is it supposed to last that long?
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Is it supposed to be funny that this government suit has a set of pipes?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Isn’t there supposed to be an Olympics on the way for which the city appears ill-prepared?
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In one video that’s supposed to be a nursery rhyme about cars, children ride without a seatbelt and walk in the middle of a road with moving cars behind them.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
  • It’s supposed to be a fundamental part of keeping customers safe.
    — K. H. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 18 Mar. 2026

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