How to Use presume in a Sentence

presume

verb

• The court must presume innocence until there is proof of guilt.
• Those eggs are presumed to be the source of the virus, Warheit said.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2018
• It is presumed that the main cast will all reprise their roles — with the same crew at the helm.
  — Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
• In 2015, the church burned in a fire presumed to be caused by arson.
  — AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Barusseau, who is from France, was born in 1909 and is presumed dead.
  — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 5 July 2019
• Guys like Fred, who presume to know what guys like me think and feel.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2018
• The four missing meerkats were presumed to have died, too.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2017
• This recipe presumes pork chops that are 3/4-inch thick.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• It was presumed that the photos were of Eady, who Moore was feuding with at the time.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 14 July 2025
• That Bubba would presume to speak for the women in his life ...
  — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2020
• The boat owner’s son, a man in his 20s, is still missing and presumed drowned.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 3 June 2025
• The man was presumed dead after the Bombardier Q400 crashed.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2018
• There are still 58 hostages held captive by Hamas, 20 of whom are presumed to be alive.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 24 May 2025
• To start, this presumes that the current protests are not achieving that aim.
  — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 11 Oct. 2017
• This is an in-depth film about a person many presumed had no depth at all.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• Like me, they are fed up with people who presume to speak for the disabled.
  — refinery29.com, 13 July 2018
• And what if the people presumed guilty from the start are allowed to be human?
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
• Just a few days after the search began, Chuck and Charley were presumed to have drowned.
  — Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News (tns), al, 12 Apr. 2023
• The 26-year-old’s death was the second presumed drowning in the neighborhood in a span of about 12 hours.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• She, her wife and all six children are known or presumed dead.
  — OregonLive.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• This led some fans to presume the big news was an engagement.
  — Megan Friedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2018
• Twenty men on Maynard’s sloop died, and Blackbeard presumed the rest of the crew dead.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
• Fifty-nine hostages are believed to remain in Gaza -- 24 of whom are presumed to be alive.
  — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2025
• In the years since his turn in office, Wilson has long been presumed to have been one of the Queen's favorites.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 17 Nov. 2019
• Both the police and the couple themselves start to close in on the voyeur, who is presumed to be the kidnapper.
  — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
• And why is that added to the total number of cases when they are presumed?
  — oregonlive, 25 May 2020
• Then they got stolen, and they were presumed gone for ten years until an FBI sting.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
• No one entered the classrooms, presuming that the doors were locked.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Unlike the Cowboys’ presumed No. 1 rusher, Barkley hasn’t signed the tag.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 4 July 2023
• Don’t let pride keep you from a retail or hospitality job (presuming those aren’t in your career path).
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025