Hunch is an English word with synonyms like intuition or hump. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hunch in a sentence
Related words
Hunch meaning
- A hump; a protuberance.
- A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
- A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
Synonyms of Hunch
Using Hunch
- The main meaning on this page is: A hump; a protuberance. | A stooped or curled posture; a slouch. | A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
- Useful related words include: intuition, hunch over, hunch forward, hump.
- In the example corpus, hunch often appears in combinations such as: hunch that, my hunch, had hunch.
Context around Hunch
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hunch
- In this selection, "hunch" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include my hunch is that and basically a hunch not enough. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hunch" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hunch
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is basically a hunch, not enough cause to justify it's conclusion. (13 words)
IDK just a hunch since it feels like the multiverse saga is leaning heavily on nostalgia. (16 words)
But on the hunch that human nature hasn’t changed, that isn’t going to happen. (16 words)
On March 4, as Netanyahu was calling the virus a pandemic, Trump was telling Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel, “Now, and this is just my hunch, and — but based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this. (43 words)
According to him, it was at the point he asked Balogun to immediately tender his resignation or be fired, saying “I had a hunch that Nuhu may leak the report to the press as he was close to them. (39 words)
At the same time, we had a hunch: that you only need to listen to the ‘right’ snippet of a song to know if you like it or not: Shazam’s popularity points to this being the case. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to him, it was at the point he asked Balogun to immediately tender his resignation or be fired, saying “I had a hunch that Nuhu may leak the report to the press as he was close to them.
Additionally, much like Rosenblatt, Shaw had more than a hunch that the person singing the song was going to be a big deal.
At the same time, we had a hunch: that you only need to listen to the ‘right’ snippet of a song to know if you like it or not: Shazam’s popularity points to this being the case.
Councillor Nat Green said it was his "hunch" that the application will be decided at a meeting in November, not October.
First, SPD Officer Ilya Ivanov, who roped multiple officers into a based on a hunch that turned out to be incorrect.
It is basically a hunch, not enough cause to justify it's conclusion.
It’s bad, but my hunch is it would have to get worse for the team to consider a change because I simply don’t know what move it would make at this point.
Place a bet on your lucky team or follow your hunch about a particular market, and keep your fingers crossed as you watch the simulator bring up the result.
I am just talking about Nicosia, even though I have a hunch that things are much worse in Limassol which has Christmas style traffic jams most of the year.
IDK just a hunch since it feels like the multiverse saga is leaning heavily on nostalgia.
Michael Carrick admits he had a hunch that the game might suit Sammy Silvera and the boss was delighted that paid off as the Australian netted a vital goal in the win at Leicester City.
As Rex tells Cody, he has a hunch that somehow Echo is alive and the Separatists are using him for those battle plans.
But on the hunch that human nature hasn’t changed, that isn’t going to happen.
Curtis will have a hunch that Portia knows about Jordan Ashford’s (Briana Nicole Henry) guilt, too.
It’s problematic and economic suicide to close business operations due to a hunch not based on scientific grounds.
Just a hunch, but you’re likely swinging off your back foot and you’re catching the ball low on the clubface.
My hunch is that it will be products that provide safety and comfort and emotionally enhance the home and the new home office.
My hunch is that the oscillations are due to the discrete nature of the problem, when the border between the yellow and blue regimes in that first graph shifts.
On March 4, as Netanyahu was calling the virus a pandemic, Trump was telling Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel, “Now, and this is just my hunch, and — but based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this.
The early data supported our hunch that this song would resonate across the country -- and resonate it did.
Common combinations with hunch
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hunch that 16×
- my hunch 8×
- had hunch 7×
- hunch is 7×
- have hunch 7×
- just hunch 6×
- on hunch 5×
- the hunch 4×
- hunch but 4×
- his hunch 2×