SIGNIFICANT in a Sentence

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275 example sentences for SIGNIFICANT, such as:
1. The move was regarded as significant in Japan.
2. Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.
3. The research is too unfocused to have any significant impact.
4. The difference between the two samples was not statistically significant.
5. The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SIGNIFICANT
significant
 a.  too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
 a.  important in effect or meaning
Classic Sentence: (149 in 10 pages)
1  He leaned unpleasantly close in order to convey this suggestion, and she fancied she caught a significant aroma which explained the dark flush on his face and the glistening dampness of his forehead.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
2  It cannot be reported that Carol had anything significant to say to the Bohemians.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Like most sea-terms, this one is very happy and significant.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.
4  Second: It is a little significant, that while one sperm whale only fights another sperm whale with his head and jaw, nevertheless, in his conflicts with man, he chiefly and contemptuously uses his tail.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
5  A significant illustration of the fact, again and again repeated in this book, that the skeleton of the whale furnishes but little clue to the shape of his fully invested body.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
6  Captain Peleg's bruited reason for this thing appeared by no means adequate; though, indeed, as touching all Ahab's deeper part, every revelation partook more of significant darkness than of explanatory light.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 106. Ahab's Leg.
7  He was usually cold and distant with men, but with all women he had a silent, grave familiarity, a special handshake, accompanied by a significant, deliberate look.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: II
8  A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In X
9  No multitude of words could have been more significant than those moments of silence, or more pregnant with the first-felt throbbings of desire.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In X
10  Hawkeye made no other reply than by passing his finger around the crown of his head, in a manner so significant, that none who witnessed the action could mistake its meaning.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
11  Well did these barbarous warriors prove that they deserved those significant names which had been bestowed for deeds in former wars.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
12  "We heard it," was the significant answer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
13  When they issued from beneath its concealment, they found the scout awaiting their appearance nigh by, and the only salutation between them was the significant gesture for silence, made by their sagacious leader.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
14  The Delaware, whose name in English signified "Hard Heart," an appellation that the French had translated into "le Coeur-dur," forgot that obduracy of purpose, which had probably obtained him so significant a title.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
15  "Boris, come here," said she with a sly and significant look.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1  Persistence is the common trait of anyone who has had a significant impact on the world.
2  The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history.
3  A small percentage reduction in the cost of materials would mean a significant increase in profit.
4  As young people started to have more money, a significant youth culture developed.
5  Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg could pick up a significant number of protest votes which will boost his party's previous showing.
6  The difference between the two samples was not statistically significant.
7  Britain's negotiators had ensured that the treaty which resulted was a significant change in direction.
8  When considering bids, preference will be given to bids involving significant employee participation.
9  The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster.
10  It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
11  The research is too unfocused to have any significant impact.
12  There has been a significant increase in the number of women students in recent years.
13  The institution of a Freedom of Information Act has had a significant effect.
14  Penicillin was an extremely significant medical discovery.
15  The move was regarded as significant in Japan.