How to Use hypothesize in a Sentence

hypothesize

verb

• Psychologists hypothesized that his odd behavior was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
• The placement of the red dot, the researchers hypothesized, could be the place of a nose.
  — Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
• Such plaque build-up is hypothesized to be a cause of Alzheimer's disease.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
• And what Jim Scott hypothesized was that in fact, that’s not at all the case.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2023
• That led him to hypothesize the same might apply for the virus that had just emerged from Wuhan.
  — Lisa Du, Bloomberg.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Reid hypothesizes that the ants decide whether or not to stay part of the bridge based on how often they are touched.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 24 Nov. 2015
• Some studies have hypothesized tiny clots in the cells that persist for a long time may be the cause of some symptoms.
  — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• There is no reason to hypothesize about a secret plan when a plan is there to be analyzed.
  — Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 18 July 2024
• But scientists hypothesize that that might not have always been the case.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2020
• And a great many people inside State are now hypothesizing about what the goal of all this is.
  — Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
• The unique position of the wound led the researchers to hypothesize that the frill was punctured from the back.
  — New York Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• The study authors hypothesize that the metals found in the e-liquid leached from the heating coil in the vape pen.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• And if the water was blown by wind, that means it was not covered in ice, as some scientists have hypothesized.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
• Scientists hypothesize these channels could have held strings to help hold the lower jaw in place.
  — Christopher Woolf, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
• Jones and his co-authors hypothesize that the metals found in the e-liquid leached from the heating coil in the vape pen.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2019
• And much the same could be hypothesized about the 2020 election.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 3 Nov. 2017
• Hood provides it and then hypothesizes that, gone with half of Williams’s vision must also be half of his brain.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 19 July 2017
• Kingston then points an open hand to the TV and babbles some more as if to hypothesize on the next season.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 7 June 2019
• The team hypothesized that biliverdin might make the lizards unpalatable to predators, but birds aren’t deterred by the stuff.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 17 May 2018
• One group of students hypothesized that coffee grinds could similarly be used as a filler to loosen up the soil.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
• This has led researchers to hypothesize that keeping the locus coeruleus healthy could be a way to protect the rest of the brain, too.
  — Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• One group of students hypothesized that coffee grounds could similarly be used as a filler to loosen up the soil.
  — Author: Kenneth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
• Robinson and his team hypothesized that these regions contained the genes that were making the bees gentle.
  — Kastalia Medrano, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2017
• These calls vary in intensity and speed, which some experts hypothesize may have to do with the type of threat the prairie dog is facing.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
• This led the researchers to hypothesize that tubeworm larvae were squirming through crevices below the seafloor to reach new vents.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2023
• The researchers hypothesized that the closer the injured muscle was to the body the more likely the surgery would occur.
  — Jennifer Vilcarino, ABC News, 3 July 2024
• Thornton hypothesized at the time.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
• This could be part of the reason that younger people scored lower overall, Maertens’s team hypothesized.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 5 July 2023
• The researchers hypothesize that the discs were attached to the wooden coffin, and the rings were used to lower it into the grave.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
• The researchers hypothesize that sunlight may actually pass through the ice and heat up the ground beneath it.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 25 Mar. 2021