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For SIGN, below is one of 420 sentences:
Madeleine could make his appearance at Laffitte's any morning, sign a receipt, and carry off his two or three millions in ten minutes.

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 Meanings and Examples of SIGN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sign
 n.  a gesture used to convey information
 v.  write one's name on to identify oneself as the writer or sender
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  sign to Madam Magloire that she is not to oppose him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
2  They never interfered with him by so much as a word or sign, in any action once entered upon.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
3  From where he sat he made an imperceptible sign to the tavern-keeper.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
4  Though she had emerged from the most unfathomable depths of social shadow, she bore on her brow the sign of the anonymous and the unknown.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
5  All at once she caught sight of the two others in the swing, stopped short, and put out her tongue, in sign of admiration.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
6  The sign of his hostelry was in allusion to one of his feats of arms.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—FIRST SKETCH OF TWO UNPREPOSSESSING FIGURES
7  Madeleine could make his appearance at Laffitte's any morning, sign a receipt, and carry off his two or three millions in ten minutes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
8  As she only knew how to sign her name, she was obliged to write through a public letter-writer.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
9  One day the sisters heard her say amid her fever: "I have been a sinner; but when I have my child beside me, it will be a sign that God has pardoned me."
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF REPOSE
10  He made a sign of the head in the negative.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
11  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
12  She removed one hand from his arm, and with the other made him a sign to look behind him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER II—FANTINE HAPPY
13  The guide made a negative sign with his head, which was probably perfidious.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII—THE EMPEROR PUTS A QUESTION TO THE GUIDE LAC...
14  We might almost affirm that Napoleon's catastrophe originated in that sign of a peasant's head.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE UNEXPECTED
15  The English occupied the encampment of the French; it is the usual sign of victory to sleep in the bed of the vanquished.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Start crossing when the green WALK sign starts to flash.
17  You can't just walk away from a marriage at the first sign of a problem.
18  It's good if you begin crying, that's the sign of cure.
19  Both sides have agreed to sign the treaty.
20  I've circulated a good luck card for everyone to sign.
21  The dentist could detect no sign of decay in her teeth.
22  Democratic leaders have challenged the president to sign the bill.
23  If an interview is too easy, it's a sure sign that you haven't got the job.
24  The sign means that cars cannot enter.
25  An evening red and a morning grey, is a sign of a fair day.
26  The fact that he didn't say 'no' immediately is a good sign.
27  The Congressional Budget Office says the federal deficit shows every sign of getting larger.
28  She raised her finger to her lips as a sign of silence.
29  At first, they refused to sign the agreement, but they caved in when they heard another firm was being approached.
30  I should make a few discreet enquiries about the firm before you sign anything.