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 | [e-mail], 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
• Umm isn’t the winner of the Battle suppose to win the battle?
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Apr. 2021
• And what is she supposed to do, take a bullet for them?
  — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
• By the cold math of the justice system, Rhodes was not supposed to be there.
  — Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
• In fact, a moran is not supposed to take a single bite alone.
  — Nurith Aizenman, NPR, 12 May 2024
• How are they supposed to progress when their squad is only marginally better than the one which finished 17th last season?
  — Jay Harris, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
• Not only is the Fed responsible for taming inflation, it’s also supposed to preserve the labor market’s strength.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025