INKLING in a Sentence
Learn INKLING 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.
13 example sentences for INKLING, such as:
1. I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later.
2. The first inkling we had of Cliff's problem was when he didn't come to work.
3. Upon Selifan's mind there appeared to have dawned a similar inkling, for he had ceased to hold forth.
4. All these revolutions were accomplished within him, without his family obtaining an inkling of the case.
5. Wildeve had not received an inkling of the fact before, and a sudden expression of pain overspread his face.
2. The first inkling we had of Cliff's problem was when he didn't come to work.
3. Upon Selifan's mind there appeared to have dawned a similar inkling, for he had ceased to hold forth.
4. All these revolutions were accomplished within him, without his family obtaining an inkling of the case.
5. Wildeve had not received an inkling of the fact before, and a sudden expression of pain overspread his face.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of INKLING
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
inkling
n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding
Classic Sentence:
1 Wildeve had not received an inkling of the fact before, and a sudden expression of pain overspread his face.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
2 With Eduardo Lucas lies the solution of our problem, though I must admit that I have not an inkling as to what form it may take.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
Context Highlight In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
3 It will be remembered that already, during his preceding escape, he had made a mysterious trip thither, or somewhere in that neighborhood, of which the law had gathered an inkling.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN...
4 All these revolutions were accomplished within him, without his family obtaining an inkling of the case.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
5 Dear mama, there, as soon as she got an inkling of the business, found out that it was of an immoral tendency.
6 At first I knew not what to make of this; but soon an inkling of the truth occurred to me.
7 Upon Selifan's mind there appeared to have dawned a similar inkling, for he had ceased to hold forth.
8 But they should at least give him some inkling of just how hard a struggle it is and how much work it is for me to defend him.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context Highlight In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the law...
Context Highlight In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the law...
9 Perhaps some inkling of this paradox, even in the unquiet days of the Bureau, helped the bayonets allay an opposition to human training which still to-day lies smouldering in the South, but not flaming.
10 And you need not exult over him, good brother of the Southern States; for we have some inklings that many of you, under similar circumstances, would not do much better.
Example Sentence:
1 The first inkling we had of Cliff's problem was when he didn't come to work.
2 I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later.
3 His first inkling is when he tries to take a step forward and discovers that his legs are collapsing beneath him.