SIGNAL in a Sentence

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For SIGNAL, below is one of 163 sentences:
The Pequod's signal was at last responded to by the stranger's setting her own; which proved the ship to be the Jeroboam of Nantucket.

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 Meanings and Examples of SIGNAL
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signal
 n.  a sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person
Classic Sentence: (129 in 9 pages)
1  The signal took instant effect.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  All were waiting for their hostess to signal the end of the morning's festivities.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Here along Peachtree Street and near-by streets were the headquarters of the various army departments, each office swarming with uniformed men, the commissary, the signal corps, the mail service, the railway transport, the provost marshal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  So the signal was set to see what response would be made.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
5  The Pequod's signal was at last responded to by the stranger's setting her own; which proved the ship to be the Jeroboam of Nantucket.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
6  For by a Portuguese Catholic priest, this very idea of Jonah's going to Nineveh via the Cape of Good Hope was advanced as a signal magnification of the general miracle.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
7  When Mrs. Vanni gave the signal, and the harp struck up 'Home, Sweet Home,' all Black Hawk knew it was ten o'clock.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VIII
8  His heart began to pound, but he did not dare to try to signal to them, and neither did Elzbieta.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  Her cries had been the signal for a wild uproar above; the house was full of people, and as he entered the hallway he saw them rushing hither and thither, crying and screaming with alarm.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
10  Duncan caught glimpses of heads above the scattered drift-wood, as this signal rose on the air, but they disappeared again as suddenly as they had glanced upon his sight.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  At that moment the woods were filled with another burst of cries, and at the signal four savages sprang from the cover of the driftwood.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
12  The signal was instantly given; and, before Hawkeye had reloaded his rifle, they were joined by Chingachgook.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
13  From this unsatisfactory examination, however, he was soon called by a loud and piercing exclamation from Uncas, that sounded, even to the unpracticed ears of Duncan, as the signal of some new and unexpected calamity.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
14  Heyward abandoned every hope, with the belief it was the signal that they were discovered.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
15  When all were prepared, Magua made the signal to proceed, advancing in front to lead the party in person.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
16  The President's arrival was the signal for an outburst of cheering.
17  I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.
18  UPS shall be added to all new traffic signal and railway interconnected traffic control.
19  The smoke signals from the central bank suggest further cuts are coming.
20  Laughing when you should be crying sends out the wrong signals to people.
21  Radio signals received from the galaxy's centre back up the black hole theory.
22  The nerves carry these signals to the brain.
23  In a forest, wet wood and needles attenuate the signals.
24  It will need different microchips to reconvert the digital code back into normal TV signals.
25  Tall buildings can distort radio signals.
26  This cooperation is achieved partly by cells communicating with each other through chemical signals.
27  The official signaled to one of the waiters, who shuffled forward.
28  The tourists signaled the driver to pull over.
29  She has signalled she is willing to stand as a candidate.
30  Impact occurred seconds after the pilot signalled for help.