How to Use assume in a Sentence

assume

verb

• The king assumed the throne when he was very young.
• She assumed from his expression that he was confused.
• I assumed he was coming, so I was surprised when he didn't show up.
• Under certain conditions, the chemical will assume the appearance of ice.
• We'll be arriving around noon. That's assuming that our flight is on time.
• The satellite assumed that the smoke was a cloud, that there was no heat, and that the fire was gone.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
• At first, the Snyder Cut was assumed to be just a rumor.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
• The study assumed a 20% increase in hourly labor costs.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
• Booby traps and the use of civilians and hostages as human shields are assumed.
  — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• This is not, by and large, debt that parents assumed to send their kids to college.
  — Jon Marcus, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
• For example, assume you and your gym partner at the same height and weight.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• That statement assumes a cause and effect that isn’t true.
  — Readers, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• Brewer assumed the top post at Walgreens in March of 2021.
  — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2023
• At the end, still in her black gown, she’s assumed clean-up duties after the party has ended.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
• But the woman wouldn’t hand the microphone over, even as Meghan had already assumed a tight grip.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
• However, the regret is not for the reasons most would assume.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 June 2023
• Business travel is dead—or at least, that’s what many assume.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
• When Rodgers went down in the first quarter of the game, the bar patrons cheered and began to run up their tabs, assuming the Bills would maintain their lead.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
• In the global north, sewage is a problem that many of us assumed was more or less fixed in Victorian times.
  — Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
• When the deputies tried to force him back to his room, the youth assumed a fighting position, the responding deputy wrote in a report, so the deputy fired his Taser.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2023
• Geraghty, who has been with JetBlue for nearly two decades, will assume the new role on Feb. 12.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• Larson doesn’t expand on this detail, and some might assume that the problem of feces in food was solved.
  — The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• No one should assume the worst about their fellow shoppers.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Both men assumed sparring stances — then Walker landed a belly-to-back tackle that took Hunt to the ground.
  — oregonlive, 14 July 2023
• Under the terms of the deal, XPO will purchase 26 of the service centers and assume the existing leases for the other two.
  — Stephen Nakrosis, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
• For these drivers, carmakers may safely assume that a can of Fix-a-Flat will be more useful than a spare, a jack and a tire iron.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• The decision to cut Elliott paves the way for running back Tony Pollard to assume the starting role this year.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• Towards the end of the first part, the character Pushpa assumes de facto control of the syndicate.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
• How to: Place yoga block or book under right hand and assume a high plank position.
  — Women's Health, 7 June 2023
• That’s assuming, of course, the board doesn’t decide to find its own music director.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024