How to Use reckon in a Sentence

reckon

verb
Definition of reckonnext
Synonyms for reckonnext
  • Do you reckon you'll be able to go to the grocery store after work?
  • I reckon that we'll have to leave early.
  • Losses were reckoned to be over a million dollars.
  • They reckoned that they would reach their destination by noon.
  • We'll have to leave early, I reckon.
  • All that said, though, that is a lot of TV for any one creator to reckon with.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 30 Nov. 2022
  • For now, the HCS may have to reckon with a diminished place in the landscape.
    — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And so, for now at least, we’re left to reckon with Carlson’s time at Fox News.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The name change came as the U.S. reckoned with its history of racial injustice in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But Mass General Brigham is still the force to be reckoned with.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But there seemed a lava flow inside him that would not be easy to reckon with.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Yet both fans and haters have had to reckon with the fact that although the best Swift albums have evolved her sound, this one takes a U-turn.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In his courtship of her, Frederick must reckon with the trauma of his childhood.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
  • And now, his own campaign has finally been forced to reckon with it.
    — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • In the somber days after the fire, the collective agony of locals reckoning with their loss could be felt across the island.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Lee Sang-won closed his cafe near the accident site early, at around 2 p.m., struggling to reckon with the tragedy.
    — Jiyoung Sohn, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The Monarchs are making progress to join Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon as a trio to reckon with.
    — Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In 2016, the death of his grandmother pushed him to reckon with the fallout of being a workhorse and not taking care of himself.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Some of the war’s original supporters are starting to reckon with the idea of defeat.
    — Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
  • For Kadir, there will be reckoning and remorse, but also the kind of rebirth a very hard year and the kindness of a stranger might nurture.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Boar and deer were hunted in the local woodlands — within a two-mile radius of the homestead, the researchers reckon.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Bazelon: Does finding a way forward begin with reckoning with the past?
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Trump’s right side, partially draped in shadow, creates a touch of chiaroscuro, light reckoning with the dark.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Banks also have to reckon with how many of those loans will be defaulted upon.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Now haunted by visions of mom and pursued by a second evil entity, Kari is forced to reckon with her past — the scary way.
    — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Milligan is on the way to becoming a superstar, the Brit reckons.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2023
  • To reckon with optimal shapes is to reckon with the limits of topology.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Often this would signal that investors reckon the buyer needs to pay more.
    — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Du Bois reckoned with his judgment and the tumult enshrouding it chiefly through writing.
    — Vaughn Rasberry, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But the growth in energy consumption is something the industry as a whole is going to have to reckon with.
    — Peter Guest, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2023

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