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Definition of "sneaking suspicion" [sneaking suspicion]

  • A premonition, or hunch. A belief based on very little evidence. (noun)

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Use "sneaking suspicion" in a sentence
  • "I have a sneaking suspicion that a nasty wound like this—especially one associated with farmwork—will not go over all that well."
  • "Aside from the fact that she was here in a business capacity — representing her father, no less — Julia had the sneaking suspicion that Guy McCann would be hard to… manage."
  • "Seated aboard the SSST, Meghan had a sneaking suspicion she knew how Richard Tyler and his fellow assassins had managed to get to Rome and back undetected."