8 sentences with 'suspicion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word suspicion and other words derived from it.
• « Winton was in the lead from the start, and although the suspicion arose that Ford's car would develop the necessary speed to overtake him, it appeared that Henry did not have sufficient driving expertise. »
• « But there was also much suspicion directed against big business, bankers, America's financial community . . and the Jews. »
• « Ignatius of Loyola soon attracted a following and was even briefly imprisoned on suspicion of heresy, as he claimed to offer "spiritual conversion" to those who followed his teachings. »
• « Philip II saw his place in Europe, and in history, as the strongest possible defender of Catholicism. This translated into harsh, even tyrannical, suspicion and persecution not only of non-Catholics, but also of Catholics suspected of harbouring secret non-Catholic beliefs. »
• « Philip II also held conversos, the converted descendants of Spanish Jews, on suspicion of continuing to practice Judaism in secret, with the Spanish Inquisition frequently trying conversos on suspicion of heresy. »
• « In 1810, Napoleon divorced his wife Josephine (who had not produced a male heir) and married the Habsburg princess, Marie Louise. This provoked suspicion, silent protests and military desertion, as it appeared to be an open betrayal of revolutionary anti-monarchist principles: instead of defying the kings of Europe, he tried to create his own royal line by marrying into one! »
• « She kept a list of all her symptoms, tests and treatments, but when she showed it to them, the doctors looked at her with suspicion. "They thought I was a hypochondriac," she recalls. »
• « The first time Plotkin flew to Kwamalasamutu in 1982 with his backpack and plant presses, the Tyrians greeted him with suspicion. They called him pananakiri, which means "stranger". »