Noun
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.
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
I’m usually very cynical about these sorts of things, but I have a sneaking suspicion this is going to be awesome. Source: Internet
Then, too, there’s the gaggingly cute New Age concept of “pronoia”–the sneaking suspicion that everyone is conspiring to help you. Source: Internet