INDICATE in a Sentence

Learn INDICATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
346 example sentences for INDICATE, such as:
1. Expense does not necessarily indicate worth.
2. Always indicate before moving into another lane.
3. Wrinkles merely indicate where smiles have been.
4. Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.
5. Reports from the area indicate that it was a bloodless coup.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of INDICATE
indicate
 v.  be a signal for or a symptom of
 v.  give evidence of
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And, most dreadful of all, they could in no way indicate an interest in the company of gentlemen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  And should a gentleman be so ill bred as to indicate an interest in her, she must freeze him with a dignified but well-chosen reference to her dead husband.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  "I consider this whole affair a tempest in a teapot," said Scarlett coldly, rattling her papers to indicate that as far as she was concerned the discussion was finished.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
4  But only by the flashing needle and the delicate brows drawn down toward her nose did Melanie indicate that she was inwardly seething.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
5  She knew that he was trying to keep her from going, trying to indicate that he was something more than a person to whom one brought trousers for pressing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
6  Carol smiled ingratiatingly, to indicate that she was indeed one who desired to sacrifice, but she sighed, "I don't know; I'm afraid I'm not heroic."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  'Little now; be very much when cook,' spreading out her hands as if to indicate that the pint would swell to a gallon.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
8  The pride of appearance which this would indicate was not my own.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Now the great salt plain stretched before his eyes, and the distant belt of savage mountains, without a sign anywhere of plant or tree, which might indicate the presence of moisture.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
10  He jerked his head swiftly to indicate the candle burning on the table.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
11  On such occasions as this a thousand ideas pass through a highly charged woman's head; and they indicate themselves on her face; but the changes, though actual, are minute.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
12  He had foresight, but has less now than formerly, pointing to a moral retrogression, which, when taken with the decline of his fortunes, seems to indicate some evil influence, probably drink, at work upon him.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
13  "That seems the most reasonable theory," said Stapleton, and he gave a sigh which I took to indicate his relief.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
14  It only remains to indicate the part which she had played throughout.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
15  It is possible that I may be in a position then to indicate some course of action.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Example Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
1  Reports from the area indicate that it was a bloodless coup.
2  The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training.
3  The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.
4  Gross National Product is conventionally used to indicate economic development.
5  Bees have half a dozen aerial dances to indicate where to find nectar.
6  Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.
7  Wrinkles merely indicate where smiles have been.
8  Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.
9  Expense does not necessarily indicate worth.
10  Record profits in the retail market indicate a boom in the economy.
11  The first twofigures after the decimal point indicate tenths and hundredthsrespectively.
12  There is nothing to indicate the building's past, except the fireplace.
13  The needles that indicate your height are at the top right-hand corner.
14  Fossil records indicate that Africa was the cradle of early human evolution.
15  Always indicate before moving into another lane.