But we are speculating idly.

Well, there's no sense speculating now.

I am speculating that he may win the game.

We were speculating about the qualifications of our postulants.

The priests are speculating in sudden death and moral bellyache.

So we don't need to waste no time speculating on his case... or feeling sorry for him.

A spokeswoman for Reid later said he had not spoken to Clinton directly about whether she would nominate Garland and was speculating.

Well, if you look in textbooks today that deal with human evolution, you very often find people speculating about how early humans may have behaved, based on the behavior of chimpanzees.

And at that time two years ago I mentioned that we were speculating that these jets might in fact be geysers, and erupting from pockets or chambers of liquid water underneath the surface, but we weren't really sure.

In the meantime, both party establishments have reason to be nervous. With Sanders now polling well ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire, serious commentators have begun speculating that Americans will ultimately be asked to choose between Sanders and Trump.

In 1929, a crisis among speculating capitalists prompted poorly conceived and excessive reactions, leading to a deep and prolonged depression. Less than four years later, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt s newly elected government passed the Glass Steagall Act, which prohibited commercial banks from trading securities with clients deposits.

For our individual families, we must abandon the mindset of speculating on real estate and make purchase according to our own financial capacities. In this way, we can prevent our families from falling under huge financial burden. A reasonable assessment of one's own income and debt levels is essential for healthy growth of family wealth.

NAIROBI With just weeks to go before the Rio 20 Earth Summit, many are speculating about how many world leaders will show up and what kind of agreements they might reach on the key agenda items creating a green economy and establishing an international framework for sustainable development. It is no coincidence that these two items appear side by side.

LONDON Bank of England Governor Mark Carney surprised his audience at a conference late last year by speculating that banking assets in London could grow to more than nine times Britain s GDP by 2050. His forecast represented a simple extrapolation of two trends continued financial deepening worldwide (that is, faster growth of financial assets than of the real economy), and London s maintenance of its share of the global financial business.

To understand the nature of the subsequent shift, consider that it is hard to find anyone today who worries that automobile prices will soar because rising demand in China and India for steel and other materials will push automobile prices out of reach in the future. Though a small group of collectors invests speculatively in antique or specialty cars, the idea of speculating in automobiles just is not in the public consciousness.