CLUE in a Sentence

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"I don't see that," said Clym, carefully concealing every clue to his own interrupted intention, which she plainly had not guessed.

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 Meanings and Examples of CLUE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
clue
 n.  something guides or directs anything of a doubtful nature
Classic Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1  The man whom you held in your hands is the man who holds the clue of this mystery, and whom we are seeking.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  All this seems strange to you," continued Holmes, "because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  There was no clue at all, however, as to their whereabouts.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4  I knew now that I held the clue to the mystery in my hand, and all that remained was to secure the murderer.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
5  This, however, afforded no clue until she broke into the hut, and found one of your books, an autobiography of the actress Judith, with your name, Constance Stewart Reid, on the front page.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  At first, the Jew contented himself with patiently watching his countenance, as if to gain from its expression some clue to the intelligence he brought; but in vain.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  Your agents had no clue to your residence.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
8  The pedestrian noticed nothing just now, and a clue to her abstraction was afforded by a trivial incident.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
9  "I don't see that," said Clym, carefully concealing every clue to his own interrupted intention, which she plainly had not guessed.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
10  Absolutely no clue in them to Mr. Angel, save that he quotes Balzac once.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
11  Singularity is almost invariably a clue.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
12  Briefly, Watson, I am in the midst of a very remarkable inquiry, and I have hoped to find a clue in the incoherent ramblings of these sots, as I have done before now.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
13  He was removed, loudly protesting, to the police-station, while the inspector remained upon the premises in the hope that the ebbing tide might afford some fresh clue.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
14  When he came to the highroad at the other end, I found that the pavement had been cleared, so there was an end to that clue.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
15  It will give him the clue for which he has been seeking.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Example Sentence:
1  The police haven't got a clear clue up to now.
2  Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die.
3  A main clue is a sample of blood that was found at the scene.
4  These clues don't really add up to very much.
5  The analysis of the samples provided valuable clues to the police.
6  The analysis of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable clues to the police.
7  Police are sifting through the evidence in the hope of finding more clues.
8  Police are still looking for clues in their search for the missing girl.
9  What they find could provide clues to what might happen worldwide if ozone depletion continues.
10  The police were trying to chase down all possible clues to the murder.
11  They have chased down all possible clues but cannot find the lost girl.
12  The costs for a salvage project are colossal, and the clues unearthed by a researcher can make or break a project.
13  An intensive search failed to reveal any clues.