All 10 Uses of
presume
in
Atlas Shrugged
- I am sorry if I have offended you by what you may rightly consider as a presumption.†
Chpt 1.6
- I presume he wanted the bigger salary he could hope to obtain from a private employer.†
Chpt 2.1
- Aren't you being presumptuous?†
Chpt 2.2 *
- The movement suggested a strict formality, the denial of any attempt at presumption-but it stressed the intimacy of the fact that he uttered no word of greeting or explanation.†
Chpt 2.3
- What is this presumptuous little bit of rail, which crude materialists are so proud of building-compared to that eternal grandeur?†
Chpt 2.7
- I know that admitting it now, doesn't make up for it, and even coming here is only another presumption, there's no reason why you should want to hear it, so I can't even cancel the debt, I can only ask for a favorthat you let me say the things I want to say to you.†
Chpt 3.4
- So I wanted to tell you that I know the truth …. not so much for your sake, I have no right to presume that you'd care, but …. but for the sake of the things I loved.†
Chpt 3.4
- I want you to know that I know you should refuse me, but I want to ask it just the same …. and …. and if it's presumptuous, then just tell me to go to hell.†
Chpt 3.5
- The boy's head dropped on Rearden's shoulder, hesitantly, almost as if this were a presumption.†
Chpt 3.6
- Do you presume to hold opinions on when and how the government should choose to announce its policies?†
Chpt 3.10
Definition:
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(presumptuous as in: she is presumptuous) exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy