SPECULATIVE in a Sentence
Learn SPECULATIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
130 example sentences for SPECULATIVE, such as:
1. Their speculative buying of grain is illegal.
2. Whether or not he will get the job is mere speculation.
3. We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
4. No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife.
5. Mr. Gradgrind seemed to be quite confounded by this speculation.
2. Whether or not he will get the job is mere speculation.
3. We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
4. No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife.
5. Mr. Gradgrind seemed to be quite confounded by this speculation.
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Meanings and Examples of SPECULATIVE
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speculative
a. showing curiosity
a. not financially safe or secure
Classic Sentence: (102 in 7 pages)
1 Rhett watched the train until it was out of sight and on his face there was a look of speculative bitterness that was not pleasant.
2 He dropped her chin and, turning, walked back to his chair and sprawled tiredly again, his chin on his breast, his eyes looking up at her from under black brows in an impersonal speculative way.
3 I think his broad brow to be full of a prairie-like placidity, born of a speculative indifference as to death.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
4 We crossed a walk to the other part of the academy, where, as I have already said, the projectors in speculative learning resided.
5 They landed their cargoes at Wilmington or Charleston, where they were met by swarms of merchants and speculators from all over the South who assembled to buy blockaded goods at auction.
6 The doctor's letter was the first of a chorus of indignation that was beginning to be heard all over the South against speculators, profiteers and holders of government contracts.
7 The civilian population had either to do without or buy at the speculators' prices, and the poor and those in moderate circumstances were suffering increasing hardships.
8 Already soldiers and civilians alike were feeling the pinch, and the muttering against him and his fellow speculators was bitter.
9 It was a situation made to order for speculators and profiteers, and men were not lacking to take advantage of it.
10 As food and clothing grew scarcer and prices rose higher and higher, the public outcry against the speculators grew louder and more venomous.
11 It's harder for speculators' money to get into the best parlors than for the camel to go through the needle's eye.
12 Completely surrounding the state capitol was a host of promoters, speculators, seekers after contracts and others hoping to profit from the orgy of spending, and many were growing shamelessly rich.
13 The master was to get all this out of Leghorn free of duties, and land it on the shores of Corsica, where certain speculators undertook to forward the cargo to France.
14 Beggars and vulgar speculators rose to rule over them, and their children went astray.
15 Mr. Gradgrind seemed to be quite confounded by this speculation.
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 Their speculative buying of grain is illegal.
2 A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
3 This is what we must tend to transpose from the practical to the speculative order.
4 He would help legitimate homeowners who are facing foreclosure, but not offer help for speculators.
5 Whether or not he will get the job is mere speculation.
6 No one knew exactly what he had done, but speculation ran rife.
7 Chief executive David Prosser said the takeover speculation was wrong and no one was sniffing around.
8 Despite weeks of media speculation, the president refused to tip his hand about his plans for re-election.
9 We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
10 The statement excited new speculation that a senior minister may be about to resign.
11 He was chiseled out of five thousand pounds in business speculation.
12 Mr. Straw's appointment as Foreign Secretary has triggered speculation in London about the Prime Minister's motives for the change.
13 Every Italian chat show, gossip column, and newspaper, is full of the speculation of where the Hollywood couple will marry.
14 There's speculation that increased hurricane activity is related to global warming: two scientific papers this year have linked their intensity to climate change.
15 The comments made by President helped to fuel speculation that some kind of military rebellion was being planned.