1 The poise of the head strikes one at once as indicative of thought and power; the head is noble, well-sized, broad, and large behind the ears.
2 I found him sitting out in the middle of the floor on his stool, a pose which is generally indicative of some mental energy on his part.
3 "Let your excellencies only leave the matter to me," returned Signor Pastrini in a tone indicative of unbounded self-confidence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum. 4 He maintained a hard, careless deportment, indicative of neither joy nor sorrow: if anything, it expressed a flinty gratification at a piece of difficult work successfully executed.
5 He was still a pale young gentleman, and had a certain conquered languor about him in the midst of his spirits and briskness, that did not seem indicative of natural strength.
6 The latter shook his head, and made a gesture indicative of his inability to reply.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 23 7 He uttered a sound which was neither sigh nor sob, but was even more indicative than either of a troubled mind.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy 8 His wife had sunk back on the bed near the fireplace, with a face indicative of astonishment.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE 9 Far away, at the extremity, he perceived tops of trees, spaced at regular intervals, which indicated that the wall separated the garden from an avenue or lane planted with trees.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X—THE MAN AROUSED 10 By the side of this romantic element which we have just indicated there is the social symptom.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES 11 At that epoch mustaches indicated the bourgeois, and spurs the pedestrian.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XII—M. BAMATABOIS'S INACTIVITY 12 The shadow of the window-frame was not shown, which indicated that the window was wide open.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE PERSPICACITY OF MASTER SCAUFFLAIRE 13 Chenildieu was brought in, a prisoner for life, as was indicated by his red cassock and his green cap.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS 14 All three remained speechless, and indicated by a sign of the head that they did not know him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED 15 The night wind had risen, which indicated that it must be between one and two o'clock in the morning.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA