How To Use Second-guess In A Sentence
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It is not the government's job to second-guess the public's inclination to save or spend.
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We've been trying to second-guess Augusta all week but there's no sense in trying any longer.
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Don't try to second-guess the outcome.
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It was only Douglas and his opinion of Jason that gave her pause and made her second-guess her decision to bring him.
I.O.U.
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While I'm not typically one of those people who second-guess my own or other people's strategic decisions when things aren't going well, I have a duty to my community, my gay brethren (and "sistren"?), and myself to point to what I believe are our obvious missteps in the effort to advance our cause.
Gary Cohan: Premature Emancipation? A Pragmatist's View of the Gay Marriage Struggle
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The tone of voice Michael made that careless statement in, however, had him second-guessing his initial thoughts.
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Our only rule is not to second-guess ourselves.
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I often second-guess my phrasing, choice of content, I ask myself if I'm lacking necessary description in one area, am I going on for too long in another, am I even making sense, do I even have a point?
The Five Stages of Editing
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But while clothes shoppers are revelling in the dozens of new alleys open to them, manufacturers are despairing as they try to second-guess the kaleidoscopic public mood.
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It's always easy to second-guess.
Times, Sunday Times
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The local cineplex is littered with movies made by studios who want to second-guess what the audience wants.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Great followup read on the whole Pixar thing.
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York, where a second-guesser is merely an apprentice working his way up to the truly good stuff.
USATODAY.com - Managerial decisions magnified
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Far from being a game of hit and hope, it places more emphasis on brain than brawn to second-guess an opponent.
Times, Sunday Times
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I mean, maybe there are times I do, but I second-guess myself a lot and I worry about things a lot.
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He may yet fail to survive: to second-guess the caprices of Blackburn's distant poultry magnates would be folly, and six defeats in nine Premier League matches before this draw, not to mention rumours of an altercation between supporters and a member of Kean's coaching staff in midweek, had combined to create a sense of crisis.
Steve Kean encouraged by eager Blackburn despite draw with Norwich
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It looked to him, in his highly wrought-up state, that he was not only being second-guessed but mocked by the commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet.
Sea of Thunder
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You doubt and second-guess your choice, lamenting the unjustifiable advance of latecomers.
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It was impossible to second-guess the decision of the jury.
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Rather than second-guessing himself, though, Thompson is forging ahead.
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Sir Humphrey does not like being second-guessed.
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I suppose what I'm saying is don't second-guess yourself.
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He's great at delegating, giving you an assignment, and then turning you loose on it and not trying to micromanage you or second-guess you.
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I reviewed the book in my hand and did not try to second-guess it.
The Times Literary Supplement
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As a matter of fact, too often presidents have been criticized for second-guessing those commanders.
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I've been treated in a most disgraceful manner, I've been second-guessed, my professional reputation has been slurred.
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For their courtrooms to function, they can't afford to second-guess themselves, at least not regularly.
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Don't try to second-guess her.
The Sun
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He worried that teammates would second-guess his desire to play but ultimately told doctors of lingering neck pain.
'Tough' NFL culture counter to league's fight vs. concussions
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He didn't second-guess himself; why should they?
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While Borel was credited for giving Mine That Bird a masterful last-to-first ride when they pulled the second-biggest upset in Derby history at 50-1, he was open to second-guessing this time for possibly asking his gelding to run too soon.
Summer Bird denies Borel's triple with Belmont charge
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Try not to second-guess bosses when they give you a request - you may turn out to be wrong.
The Sun
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Such directness would have lent a strategic clarity needed to link ends and means in statecraft, reinforced the war's objectives, and reduced a fair amount of second-guessing and downright back-stabbing at home and abroad.
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He has been rewriting Plus's listing rules and trying to second-guess the European market infrastructure regulation, MiFID II and U.K. regulatory changes.
Careers Take Flight in Turbulent Skies
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Politicians are on safer ground in making jail mean jail than in trying to second-guess judges.
Times, Sunday Times
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That's what I get for second-guessing my initial choice of "apropos".
Hillary's Speech: Words Don't Matter, Work Does
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The rewrite came and it was worse than the first version, a tactic I found common to almost all male writers whose genius I had the audacity to second-guess.
Roseanne Archy
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Knicks team president Donnie Walsh said last summer he will "second-guess myself forever " on the deal.
Not to Second Guess, But...
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Instead, given new life, the Jaguars took full advantage and won the game, leaving the Colts at 2-2 and second-guessers with a legitimate beef about Caldwell's dumbfounding, Jim Zorn-like clock management decision.
Know when to fold 'em
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But what would happen to the right to counsel if lawyers were always second-guessing the justice of their clients' causes?
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The reward is that minimal energy is spent in blame, second-guessing, and interdivisional politics, leaving more energy to devote to the business itself.
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
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I'm not going to try and second-guess the committee's decisions.
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Somehow I have a feeling that конъюнктурный in this case is a calque from the English conjecture, in the sense that the previous editors presumed to be able to second-guess how Dostoyevsky's text would have looked were he to have written it at the time of republication, somewhat like those "plain text" editions of Shakespeare.
Languagehat.com: DOSTOEVSKY AND RUSSIAN PUNCTUATION.
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Such directness would have lent a strategic clarity needed to link ends and means in statecraft, reinforced the war's objectives, and reduced a fair amount of second-guessing and downright back-stabbing at home and abroad.
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We are not prone to second-guess police work, but the sniper investigation seems to have been marked by confusion and worse.
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It is hard to see what purpose would be served by second-guessing the administration over every setback, or wringing our hands over every difficulty.
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This is a climate in which we cannot afford to allow science to be second-guessed by politics or prejudice.
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They spend considerable time second-guessing themselves.
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But I think an even better idea is to get rid of the save altogether, that way we can all be shocked and appalled, but nobody has to second-guess a decision or make Casey feel like crap that he's still there and that perhaps the best vocalist in the competition has gone home.
American Idol Episode Recap: The Top 8 Revealed
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He was so good in spring practice, coaches were second-guessing a decision to redshirt him in 2000.
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Edmon, who called the AOC's position "unnecessary second-guessing," was joined by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Wesley in voting to transfer the money from the construction fund.
BLACK ENTERPRISE
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For me, I wouldn't want any fancy-schmancy second-guessing by so-called "ethicists" whose ethics I might not share anyway, and certainly not by religious types, but would want simple help in ending my misery.
Too Annoying!
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The only thing that has really changed is my confidence in asserting those opinions and not second-guessing myself.
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The Bush administration argued that the F.D.A. was the only agency with enough expertise to regulate drug makers and that its decisions should not be second-guessed by courts.
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As usual, too, the world's best golfer has been second-guessed at every turn.
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It even implies that it's impossible to second-guess myself, yet I do it anyway!
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I think I've been guilty in the past of second-guessing myself a little bit and then not committing to a decision.
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Alone, you can second-guess yourself to distraction.
Mandala « A Fly in Amber
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Jupiter gives you the confidence to be your natural self - instead of trying to second-guess how to impress a boss or panel of people.
The Sun
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She's always trying to second-guess the boss.
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It was impossible to second-guess the decision of the jury.
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He sends confusing signals and it's tiring trying to second-guess him.
Times, Sunday Times
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The sun goes deeper into your sign so instead of trying to second-guess what others want, you will be the real you.
The Sun
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And can you tell us, are you concerned about second-guessing on that whole equation?
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•Second-guessing: Maybe the thought of squibbing kickoffs to avoid Devin Hester isn't the best idea.
Super Bowl breakdown
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You can always second-guess yourself, and wonder if you made the right choices.
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Well, Larry, I hate to be in a position where I'm second-guessing anything, but I've said all along this media strategy is atrocious.
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Once again, Dyllis wished people would stop second-guessing her all the time.
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Once they are within range, they wait for the whale to resurface 20 minutes later, second-guessing its surfacing position.
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Now it hurts them that they find themselves second-guessing their decision to stay.
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Worse, we may acknowledge them but then second-guess and quickly bury them.
The 7
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Good art institutions should not be about second-guessing the public's taste.
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While the book makes for fascinating cocktail chatter, critics say the anecdotes don't support any larger theory. Still, it's a brainy airport buy that few readers second-guess.
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Being the real you works better than trying to second-guess what would appeal to a love prospect.
The Sun
