Suggestive

Examples

• It is suggestive that among the Greeks, till the rise of conscious philosophy, the same word, techne, was used for art and science. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was most suggestive, said Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There were odd little fires playing in his eyes, he seemed to have turned into something wicked and flickering, mocking, suggestive, quite impossible. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The point about the signature is very suggestive--in fact, we may call it conclusive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A suggestive application of the terrible power of these explosives is in submarine mines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It is Indian, and suggestive of Indians. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Something suggestive in their colour, and perhaps in her face, struck him as he held them up; he turned his shoulder and held them down to the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I tell this story simply as a suggestive fact. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Do you not see how very suggestive that is? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is very suggestive of the unhealthiness of underground graveyards as places of residence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• There could be no question that the most distinctive and suggestive point in the case was the singular disappearance of the door-key. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• His capacious waistcoat was suggestive of a large heart underneath. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Only one little item in another of the morning papers, but it is a suggestive one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The subject was a suggestive one to me, and I thought about it in silence. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• That is suggestive, remarked Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Consequently, by suggestive questioning or some other pedagogical device, the teacher proceeds to draw out from the pupil what is desired. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was full of odd, fantastic expression, of double meanings, of evasions, of suggestive vagueness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Sparrows were there, cats were there, dry-rot and wet-rot were there, but it was not otherwise a suggestive spot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And yet it seems to me to be suggestive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is pushed out into the sea on the end of a flat, narrow strip of land, and is suggestive of a gob of mud on the end of a shingle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In a way this is curiously suggestive of the earnest, energetic method of frontal attack with which the inventor has since addressed himself to so many problems in the arts and sciences. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is, I am afraid, not very encouraging to his supporters, though there are one or two points in it which are suggestive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But there are curious and suggestive details about the case, Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But he turned uncouthly, awkwardly aside, glancing up at her with quick bright eyes, oddly suggestive, like a quick, live rat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It is suggestive that European philosophy originated (among the Athenians) under the direct pressure of educational questions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Her face was round and rosy, with a healthful downy softness, suggestive of a ripe peach. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• You have no further evidence, I suppose, than that which you have placed before us--no suggestive detail which might help us? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• While it seems a pity to destroy this erroneous idea, suggestive of a heroic climb from the depths to the heights, nothing could be further from the truth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Pondering, in its suggestive presence, I seemed to see a crazy universe of swinging disks, the toiling children of this sedate parent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The document produced at the convention is at its best nothing but a suggestive formality. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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