IMPLICATE in a Sentence

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Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPLICATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
implicate
 v.  show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  You can understand that this register and diary may implicate some of the first men in the South, and that there may be many who will not sleep easy at night until it is recovered.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
2  This dress does implicate Miss Flora Millar.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
3  Nothing was found to implicate him in any way, and there the matter dropped.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
4  Now, there was no reasonable evidence to implicate any person but this woman, and on the improbabilities of her having been able to do it Mr. Jaggers principally rested his case.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVIII
5  "All," she said shortly, not even troubling to blush at his implication.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  Melanie was silent for a moment, embarrassed by the implication.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
7  Her colour rose a little at the implication, but she steeled herself with a light laugh.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
8  The implication that such loyalty would meet with a direct reward had hastened her flight, and flung her back, ashamed and penitent, on the broad bosom of Gerty's sympathy.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
9  It struck me as a singular implication that you couldn't be out of a counting-house, you know, and look about you; but I silently deferred to his experience.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
10  After which offensive implication, he cut himself a crust of bread, and threw the knife down with a noise.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
11  He's implicated in this and is probably explaining to the Yankees at this very minute.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
12  A white and colored man were implicated in the assault upon a white girl.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In VII
13  No implicated man or woman took untimely courage, or made a self-betraying step.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
14  Maria and Julia, and especially Maria, were so closely implicated in Mr. Crawford's misconduct, that she could not give his character, such as she believed it, without betraying them.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  Petritsky, whom he liked, was implicated in the affair, and the other culprit was a capital fellow and first-rate comrade, who had lately joined the regiment, the young Prince Kedrov.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  The suspicions again implicate high government officials to the point where 911 could well have been an inside job.
2  He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal.
3  Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron.
4  They might be important, they innovate, they're flexible, but the implication is they don't need to be regulated to the extent of the banking system.
5  The evidence clearly implicated him in the crime.
6  He was obliged to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal.
7  The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute.
8  We shall have to explicate its basic assumptions before we can assess its implications.
9  The company is cutting back its spending and I wonder what the implications will be for our department.
10  They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
11  The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
12  His talk will examine the wider implications of the Internet revolution.
13  Let us examine the implications of this theory.
14  This social mobility is a characteristic feature, and has two implications.
15  The leadership has been unwilling to follow through the implications of these ideas.