6 sentences with 'suspected'
Example sentences and phrases with the word suspected and other words derived from it.
• « Few suspected that the man, a lover of the magic and mystery of childhood, had been so unhappy in his own. »
• « However, since ancient times and in all civilisations it has been suspected that not everything ends at death. »
• « Henry VII proved extremely adept at controlling the nobility, largely through the Court of the Stars, a royal court used to try nobles suspected of betraying him or undermining the king's authority. »
• « The most notorious person in this effort was the Spanish Duke of Alba, who sat at the head of a military court called the Council of Troubles, but known to the Dutch as the Council of Blood. Alba executed those suspected of being Protestants, which did little more than rally the Dutch resistance. »
• « To enforce its will and ensure 'security', the Committee of Public Safety instituted what later became known as 'The Terror', as those suspected of treason were arrested, interrogated and confronted with the possibility of imprisonment or execution. »
• « The French massacred villagers suspected of collaborating with the guerrillas, but the massacres only turned more Spanish peasants against them. Napoleon sent hundreds of thousands of men into Spain in a vain attempt to turn the tide and pacify it; instead, he found his best troops trapped in a war that refused to play by his rules. »