How to Use suspicion in a Sentence

suspicion

noun

• There has long been a suspicion that the painting is a fake.
• I thought the water might be making us sick, and my suspicions were confirmed by the lab tests.
• The note aroused her suspicions that he was having an affair.
• I have my suspicions about his motives.
• The new policies are regarded by many with suspicion.
• His story has raised some suspicion.
• I have a sneaking suspicion that those cookies aren't really homemade.
• And perhaps the stillness of the air, the lack of any wind to speak of, contributed to a suspicion of what was to come.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
• Those who flew came to be considered more a part of the crew and were met with less suspicion.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
• By the end credits, that suspicion has turned to outright fear.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• This was done so as not to have a pocket that could open up suspicion of robbery.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
• By the end of the year, those suspicions had hardened, and Cook was widely dismissed as a hoaxer.
  — Time, 15 July 2023
• Now the suspicions are confirmed, and the NLRB has some housecleaning to do.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
• The app has also raised consumers' suspicions, with many asking if the too-good-to-be-true low prices are some kind of scam.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 19 July 2023
• But for critics of the event, the background of the group that organized it, Rosh Yehudi, aroused suspicion.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• There was something about the Dodge Durango that roused the deputy’s suspicions.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
• The suspicions began when some fans noticed a man's leg in the corner of the pic, and many recognized the scenery to be the tropical island.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 13 July 2023
• The initial aim was to get out ahead of the story and plant the suspicion that the president was playing politics with the crisis.
  — Jonathan Alter, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• Ross fleshed out the nature of the 1920s for me — an era of rising suspicion of foreigners, immigrants and Jews.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• In fact there has also been increasing suspicion about the role that heavy metals might play here.
  — Manica Balasegaram, STAT, 28 Dec. 2023
• Adding to authorities' suspicions was the bloody syringe found in the bathroom garbage.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
• This new account has been greeted with suspicion by many.
  — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 29 Feb. 2024
• Put that together, and there is a good chance the three judges who will decide Grayscale v. SEC are disposed to view the company with suspicion.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 7 Mar. 2023
• And, ahead of the big announcement, fans had a sneaking suspicion something was coming.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 May 2023
• As these doubts and suspicions multiply, all sides will lose the incentive to avoid provocative moves.
  — Bonnie S. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2023
• There was a lot of suspicion about whether the DNA testing that had been done was really aboveboard and accurate.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2023
• Hasan gained the confidence of Mustansir in Cairo but aroused the suspicion of Badr, who imprisoned him.
  — Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• The subject has been the source of deep mutual suspicion, and there was little, if any, constructive engagement about it in the room.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 May 2023
• This aroused her suspicion, which prompted a call to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2023
• As a child, Nate had a general awareness that his father was greeted with suspicion by strangers.
  — Katherine Rosman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024