INDICATIVE in a Sentence

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"Let your excellencies only leave the matter to me," returned Signor Pastrini in a tone indicative of unbounded self-confidence.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDICATIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indicative
 a.  suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
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.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
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.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
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 Dumas
Context  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.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
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.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
6  The latter shook his head, and made a gesture indicative of his inability to reply.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  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 Hardy
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  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 Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—CONTINUATION OF THE ENIGMA
Example Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
16  The leader indicated that the plans had failed.
17  Opinion polls indicated a two - thirds majority in favour of ratification of the treaty.
18  The attack happened at dusk, which the report noted was prime alligator hunting time. The report also indicated that during the warm summer months the gator's drive for food would be stronger.
19  An electronic system for verifying a worker's legal status and enforcing the laws must be part of any immigration overhaul, a House committee hearing on Wednesday indicated.
20  Reports from the area indicate that it was a bloodless coup.
21  The company could not indicate a person even nominally responsible for staff training.
22  The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.
23  Gross National Product is conventionally used to indicate economic development.
24  Bees have half a dozen aerial dances to indicate where to find nectar.
25  Wilcox jerked his head to indicate that they should move on.
26  Wrinkles merely indicate where smiles have been.
27  Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.
28  Expense does not necessarily indicate worth.
29  Record profits in the retail market indicate a boom in the economy.
30  The first twofigures after the decimal point indicate tenths and hundredthsrespectively.