sneaking suspicion
Noun
Meaning
sneaking suspicion (plural sneaking suspicions)
A premonition, or hunch. A belief based on little evidence.
I have the sneaking suspicion that he has already taken a decision about this.
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Examples
But despite my eagerness to join the lemon water cult, a part of me has always had a sneaking suspicion that the real reason so many people drink hot water with lemon in the morning is because it’s a to drink hot water with lemon in the morning.
Feeling the need to conceal the identity of someone with whom you're communicating could signal everything from a lack of trust in the relationship to your own sneaking suspicion that you really shouldn't be talking to this person.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the great unwashed masses will be grateful to have a President whose public appearances, even if ‘boring’, aren’t the rhetorical version of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of evangelical theological education steers away from these types of volumes given how deconstructive they are for the evangelical trajectory.
I’m usually very cynical about these sorts of things, but I have a sneaking suspicion this is going to be awesome.
Then, too, there’s the gaggingly cute New Age concept of “pronoia”–the sneaking suspicion that everyone is conspiring to help you.