IMBECILE in a Sentence
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18 example sentences for IMBECILE, such as:
1. He was silent, in the silence of imbecile obstinacy.
2. He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession.
3. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.
4. That I caught a view of myself in a mirror, looking perfectly imbecile and idiotic.
5. There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness.
2. He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession.
3. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.
4. That I caught a view of myself in a mirror, looking perfectly imbecile and idiotic.
5. There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness.
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Meanings and Examples of IMBECILE
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imbecile
n. a person of subnormal intelligence
a. having a mental age of three to seven years
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 He was silent, in the silence of imbecile obstinacy.
2 He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
3 However innocent he might be, he could not be such an absolute imbecile as not to see that the circumstances were very black against him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
4 By an examination of the ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that imbecile Lestrade, as to the personality of the criminal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
5 Oh, you know, deuce take it,' said this gentleman, looking round the board with an imbecile smile, 'we can't forego Blood, you know.
6 That I caught a view of myself in a mirror, looking perfectly imbecile and idiotic.
7 A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.
8 And then that imbecile crowd down on the deck started their little fun, and I could see nothing more for smoke.
9 The man who has never heard, the man who has never uttered these absurdities, these paltry remarks, is an imbecile and a malicious fellow.
10 Bonacieux, when her husband had shut the street door and she found herself alone; "that imbecile lacked but one thing: to become a cardinalist."
11 There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness.
12 Pierre continued, in French, to persuade the officer not to hold that drunken imbecile to account.
13 Such large virtue lurks in these small things when extreme political superstitions invest them, that in some royal instances even to idiot imbecility they have imparted potency.
14 In this mortifying abasement, the colonists, though innocent of her imbecility, and too humble to be the agents of her blunders, were but the natural participators.
15 Mrs. Gradgrind faintly looked at the tongs, as the most appropriate thing her imbecility could think of doing.
Example Sentence:
1 That is why I say that for anyone to expect they can dictate these things is an imbecile, and that is why I believe the judge should dismiss such cases.