How to Use presumably in a Sentence

presumably

adverb
  • But presumably, we’ll get used to it.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • And whom, presumably, paid rather well.
    — Alice Vernon september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Darnold presumably needs to practice this week as much as any.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Your friends presumably formed the band for the joy of playing.
    — Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
  • Many of them once adorned office walls, as this one presumably did.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Many of those costs will be added to consumer bills, presumably for years.
    — Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Now, the Ravens will presumably shift course.
    — Mark Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The two then toast to this, presumably with their brand's tequila.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And for a few episodes now, he’s been gone, presumably on a hunt for prueba.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 11 May 2022
  • Their moons would have presumably formed alongside them.
    — Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Altman’s share would presumably be worth more.
    — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • His garage was bent out of shape, presumably from the pressure of the water.
    — NBC News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The award was handed out off air, presumably to trim time from the telecast.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And Lamar will presumably come back with his own full track sometime soon.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Such care will presumably be unattainable for many more in the coming years and decades.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Self said Ngala will come off the bench, presumably early in the game.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And new hires presumably brought catcher’s mitts.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
  • Bores, presumably, had already failed as well.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • She’d been poisoned, presumably by the palm oil, which is toxic to dogs.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Sep. 2021
  • In what had presumably once been the dining room, a large white slab covered most of the floor.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Then the tourist screams and dives on the ground, presumably playing possum.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The photo turned out fine and was sent to her watch and presumably saved somewhere on her phone.
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • At the top of the stairs stood a pale, dark-eyed girl about my age, presumably my noisy next-door neighbour.
    — Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
  • No tasting notes are available as of yet from the brand, but presumably this whiskey is… good?
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The next step for the Valkyries will be free agency, which will presumably start next week.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Jung-Ho doesn’t agree to join his brother and is shot off a cliff, presumably dead.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Two are dumped in the foreground on a heap of wood, one coffin minute, presumably of a child.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Such a failure would presumably lead to safer weapon designs.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And that, presumably, will never die?
    — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Another shoe presumably has to drop at some point.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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