assumed

How To Use assumed In A Sentence

• Even while he was missing, those uncertain hours of anxious speculation and dismal journalism, she had assumed Maxwell would be found boomingly alive, having spent the whole time enjoying the amorous advances of a short-sighted minke whale. Country of the Blind
• But freshman composition, like the writing test, assumed a level of competency that few of these students had attained.
• But freshman composition, like the writing test, assumed a level of competency that few of these students had attained.
• The old, merry Whiting looked sideways at Richard, then the round face assumed an expression of diffident humility for Mr. Hanks. Morgan’s Run
• Second, lump sum payments are worked out on the basis of an assumed life expectancy.
• Montresor assumed an air of indifference again.
• You merely assumed that was the homophone I meant.
• This matter has assumed considerable importance.
• Johnson regained his composure and reassumed his position behind the podium. The Sportsman's Daily: Phelps' "Bong Binge" Gives Agent Severe Case of Paranoia
• It is frequently assumed that elderly persons lose their sexual desires or that they are physically unable to perform.