Use signs in a sentence
Sentences starting with signs
- Signs which meant that Paige was hoping and praying that Jones would go back on me--which would leave Paige boss, and me robbed and out in the cold. [5]
- Signs and scars still remain, as reminders of Vicksburg's tremendous war experiences; earthworks, trees crippled by the cannon balls, cave- refuges in the clay precipices, etc. [5]
- Signs are looking pretty fair. [7]
- Signs of the disintegration of the old social strata were not lacking, indeed, in the earlier years of the twentieth century, when labour members and north-country radicals began to invade parliament; but the cataclysm of this war has accelerated the process. [9]
Sentences ending with signs
- She seemed still young, but poverty had marked her with unmistakable signs. [9]
- And they can't--they won't believe that many changes are coming, that this is but one of many signs. [9]
- By the door-post were several modest tin signs. [5]
- Upon the curtain were other signs. [11]
- We could talk together by signs. [11]
- She said all through me, on her fingers and by signs. [11]
- Gilfaron--Only according to the Signs. [11]
- Have you understood the meaning of these signs? [10]
- Show me the signs. [5]
- I know the signs. [4]
Short sentences using signs
- I know the signs. [11]
- The signs were ominous. [11]
- We have discovered no signs. [11]
- The signs look better. [7]
- I haven't seen any signs. [11]
- The King--What signs? [11]
Sentences containing signs two or more times
- There are reviving signs of breaking away, delusive signs that create momentary exhilaration. [4]
- I said it looked to me like all the signs was about bad luck, and so I asked him if there warn't any good-luck signs. [5]
More example sentences with the word signs in them
- You cannot, if you would, be blind to the signs of the times. [7]
- I 'll tell you what,--the Master said,--I know something about these young fellows that come home with their heads full of "science," as they call it, and stick up their signs to tell people they know how to cure their headaches and stomach-aches. [6]
- Everywhere in London you are confronted by signs of an incomprehensible prosperity; everywhere, indeed, in Great Britain. [9]
- Emperor Sigismund signs with his hand, and the two heralds who head the train uplift their trumpets with rich embroidered banners. [10]
- I am Peter Wilks' brother Harvey, and this is his brother William, which can't hear nor speak--and can't even make signs to amount to much, now't he's only got one hand to work them with. [5]
- You are the wife of Verus Caesar; you are certain of it if no signs and omens come to frighten Hadrian. [10]
- Mack loses a whole army, the Archduke Ferdinand and the Archduke Karl give no signs of life and make blunder after blunder. [2]
- But the woman who gives only one person reason to despise her signs the death-warrant of her own dignity. [10]
- But in the white close surrounding the church were signs that life still persisted. [9]
- The hysteric stage which the wise old man had apprehended began to manifest itself by its usual signs, if anything can be called usual in a condition the natural order of which is disorder and anomaly. [6]
- At eight o'clock, when she returned, there were signs that the city had awakened. [9]
- But its effects were soon felt; and then began a system of correspondence by signs, and the throwing of little scrawls done up in pellets, and announced by preliminary a'h'ms! [6]
- At length there were signs that we were drifting out of the wilderness, and one morning we came in sight of a rich plantation with its dark orange trees and fields of indigo, with its wide-galleried manor-house in a grove. [9]
- The shop signs were in foreign tongues; in some streets all Hebrew. [4]
- Presently, as he went through the village, he noticed signs of hostility to himself. [11]
- But like many weak men, the Honourable Adam had a stubborn streak, and a fatuous idea that opposition and indignation were signs of strength. [9]
- Nearly all the way down from Geneva, we had seen signs of his coming, in preparations as for the celebration of a great victory. [4]
- When we had watched long enough to see that Jake was getting along all right and working his signs very good, we loafed along again, allowing to strike the schoolhouse about recess time, which was a three-mile tramp. [5]
- Still, we will watch the signs and do so if possible. [7]
- But here she was, an Indian, with few signs of civilisation or of that breeding which seems to white people the only breeding fit for earth or heaven. [11]
- Still, the end was so near that these signs were "sent before that we may be careful for our souls and be found prepared to meet the impending judgment. [5]
- The enemy's resistance was so effective and so stubborn that our people began to show signs of doubt and dismay. [5]
- The broncho he was riding, as though the disturbance in Orlando's breast had passed into its own wilful body, suddenly became restless to be off, and as Orlando gave no encouragement, showed signs of bucking. [11]
- The whole village was proud of Euthymia, and with these more quiet signs of grief were mingled loud lamentations, coming alike from old and young. [6]
- The proud conqueror was not displeased at these signs of sympathy, and turning to the Athenian: "I think, my Greek friend" he said, "we may consider our wrongs as avenged. [10]
- This discussion, which was not at all by way of a jest, amused Dada far more than the tablets, cylinders and cones covered with numbers and cabalistic signs, to which Medius tried to direct her attention. [10]
- Murray Bradshaw's face was calm as usual, but there was a flush on his cheek, and Master Gridley saw the slight but unequivocal signs of excitement. [6]
- Then a place was assigned to Pierre, he was shown the signs of the Lodge, told the password, and at last was permitted to sit down. [2]
- Beside the hall was a corner lot, heaped high with hills of ashes and rubbish like the vomitings of some filthy volcano; the unsightliness of which was half concealed by huge signs announcing the merits of chewing gums, tobaccos, and cereals. [9]
- But what we wanted to speak to you about was this," he continued, as Mr. Crewe showed signs of breaking in, "those committee appointments you desired. [9]
- On every hand Vicksburg showed signs of hard usage. [9]
- Thus, at the very outset of our married career, an irritant developed: signs of it, indeed, were apparent from the first, when we were preparing the house we had rented for occupancy. [9]
- Breton fishermen are usually shy of storm to foolishness, and one or two of the crew urged the drunken skipper not to start, for there were signs of a south-west wind, too friendly to the Bay des Trepasses. [11]
- These houses remain unto this day, and have signs upon them worded in accordance with the facts. [5]
- His cravat was untied, his hair was in a state of disorder, and his countenance bore about it the signs of a suppressed storm. [5]
- An unknown and unaccredited person cannot, get into that place; and it seemed apparent from the generous supply of warning and protective and prohibitory signs that were posted all about, that not even the known and accredited can steal diamonds there without inconvenience. [5]
- The supposed lover turned out to be the husband of the lady, and a noted contrabandista; and all his mysterious signs and movements had doubtless some smuggling scheme in view . [4]
- No signs of troubled times were to be seen in the floating home of the wanderers. [10]
- It was a treatise on hieroglyphic writing, and was to interpret the various signs so far as was still possible, and make them intelligible to posterity. [10]
- Two days later, toward noon, Sandy began to show signs of excitement and feverish expectancy. [5]
- Then he called Tom McChesney to him and questioned him closely about our journey, the signs we had seen, and, finally, the news in the Watauga settlements. [9]
- When Mazarine returned to the front of the house, the two Chinamen also had vanished; there were no signs of them anywhere. [11]
- Swaying from side to side on his long, thin legs in his fluttering dressing gown, this lunatic was running impetuously, his gaze fixed on Rostopchin, shouting something in a hoarse voice and making signs to him to stop. [2]
- In all this time signs of the proselyter an' the giant with the blue-ice eyes an' the gold beard seemed to fade dimmer out of the trail. [13]
- For a short time Erasmus found no answer to this statement, and Wolf's old nurse, who herself clung to the Protestants from complete conviction, and had listened attentively to his words, urged her young co-religionist, by all sorts of signs, to respect his friend's decision. [10]
- Until we are thus divinely qualified, and willing to drink His cup, millions of vain repetitions will never pour into prayer the unction of Spirit, in demonstration of power, and "with signs following. [5]
- These are the three signs of misfortune. [10]
- It was as though Ferens had stumbled and been badly hit in his fall, but there were no signs of permanent evil in his countenance. [11]
- So early as this I noticed that there were signs of commencing thickening in the heart, as shown by the degree and extent of its impulse. [6]
- I inquired about these strange signs and symbols of the postman. [5]
- Anyway, it lays there a long time and gets rusty; and by and by somebody finds an old yellow paper that tells how to find the marks--a paper that's got to be ciphered over about a week because it's mostly signs and hy'roglyphics. [5]
- Many signs of their presence were visible, squires and equerries, in their masters' colours, were riding spirited horses, and a few knights who loved early rising were already in the saddle, their shining helmets and coats of mail flashing brightly in the sunshine. [10]
- He was sure the wine had been drugged, but he realized that Swinton, the landlord, would have made away with any signs of foul play, as he was himself an agent of active disloyalty and a friend of Erris Boyne. [11]
- To "lift up the voice" and wear long hair were signs of devotion to a purpose. [4]
- As we approached the town, signs of life began to appear. [5]
- The signs of the times show plainly enough what is going to happen. [5]
- Looking back to the time when I left America, I can recall the expectation of finding a Britain beginning to show signs of distress. [9]
- Everywhere prosperity, everywhere the strings of life pulled taut, signs that energy had been straining on the leash. [11]
- The signs of the spring multiply. [4]
- The veil and the spiked alpenstock are the signs of peril. [4]
- The meek Nazarene, the scoffed of all scoffers, said, 'Ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? [5]
- Up there were the same signs of decay. [5]
- With other signs, the popular elections then just past indicated uneasiness among ourselves, while, amid much that was cold and menacing, the kindest words coming from Europe were uttered in accents of pity that we are too blind to surrender a hopeless cause. [7]
- In Faber Street the once brilliant signs above the "ten-foot" buildings seemed dulled, the telegraph poles starker, nakeder than ever, their wires scarcely discernible against the smeared sky. [9]
- The dupe hands the note over, for the money he advanced was not his, and, on being informed that it would be necessary to have his signature on the back so as to render the security negotiable, he signs without any hesitation. [5]
- The father signs the name "Blittersdorf. [7]
- Then, suddenly, upon the middle of the road was a little pool of blood and signs that a body had lain in the dust. [11]
- As I understand the matter, it is the custom of your railroad to send these passes to the young lawyers of the State the moment they begin to give signs of ability. [9]
- The stillness continued; the master searched face after face for signs of guilt. [5]
- I've be'n to the Legislature and seen some signs of it. [9]
- The auguries which the Friend drew from these signs of civilization of a charming inn and a royal supper did not lighten the melancholy of his mind. [4]
- The roof is the first part to show the distinct signs of age. [6]
- I know all the different signs on the standards. [10]
- He felt that the condition he was in could not continue long, that a catastrophe was coming which would change his whole life, and he impatiently sought everywhere for signs of that approaching catastrophe. [2]
- That day in the cars there were few signs of it on the roadside to be seen, but the buds were swelling. [4]
- Paula was moistening the bandage on the Masdakite's head, and Pulcheria was busy in the adjoining room with Mandane, who obeyed the physician's instructions with intelligent submission and showed no signs of insanity. [10]
- The Chaldee watched the appearing of a star; to him no higher destiny dawned on the dome of being than that foreshadowed by signs in the heavens. [5]
- MacGregor made signs that we were hungry, Blithelygo that we were thirsty, and the American, smoking all the while, offered the chief a cigar. [11]
- The signs are, that the next twenty years will bring about some noteworthy changes in the Valley, in the direction of increased population and wealth, and in the intellectual advancement and the liberalizing of opinion which go naturally with these. [5]
- It was true that O'Ryan now would be a rich man--one of the richest in the West, unless all signs failed; but meanwhile a union of fortunes would only be an added benefit. [11]
- I am told that abundant and rank weeds are signs of a rich soil; but I have noticed that a thin, poor soil grows little but weeds. [4]
- The New York tea merchants who need picturesque signs are not likely to run out of Chinamen. [5]
- We have a system of signs which nobody can notice or understand but ourselves. [5]
- This roaring avalanche swept out of Melbourne and left it desolate, Sunday-like, paralyzed, everything at a stand-still, the ships lying idle at anchor, all signs of life departed, all sounds stilled save the rasping of the cloud-shadows as they scraped across the vacant streets. [5]
- These were signs, surely, which the wise might have read with profit: in the offices, for instance, of the Honourable Hilary Vane in Ripton Square, where seismic disturbances were registered; but the movement of the needle (to the Honourable Hilary's eye) was almost imperceptible. [9]
- But I am sure I see signs in the above article that you are either unaccustomed to dictating or are out of practice. [5]
- On one corner stood almost invariably a "Pharmacie Francaise"; the signs were in French, and the elders spoke the patois. [9]
- Suddenly Prince Hippolyte started up making signs to everyone to attend, and asking them all to be seated began: "I was told a charming Moscow story today and must treat you to it. [2]
- The oracle, the stars, and other signs announced some terrible catastrophe for the coming year with a certainty that he could not evade; and the few careless days that he had been permitted to enjoy at Lochias had ended with unsatisfactory occurrences. [10]
- Stars, crosses, triangles, squares, half-moons, suns --such are some of the signs used by correspondents. [5]
- The autumn air sparkled, and New York was showing signs of animation. [9]
- In the short space of time between the third and fourth hours all the signs of evil are crowded together. [10]
- These signs of sorrow softened the old man's indignation. [10]
- Next, we see somebody coming, and started to meet him; but we heard Jim shout, and looked around and he was fairly dancing, and making signs, and yelling. [5]
- Then came the smiling fields of Chester, with their English green, and soon the county of Philadelphia itself, and the increasing signs of the approach to a great city. [5]
- He had three slight attacks of haemoptysis in the autumn of 1872, but no physical signs of change in the lung tissue resulted. [6]
- There were certain signs, certain facades, certain audacities of the prevailing hideousness that always amused him in that uproar to the eye which the strident forms and colors made. [8]
- On the Nature, Signs, and Treatment of Childbed Fevers: in a Series of Letters addressed to the Students of his Class. [3]
- Tom saw the signs, and fell to cheering up the pirates as well as he could. [5]
- By the indefinite signs which, even at a distance, distinguish a living body from a dead one, Napoleon from the Poklonny Hill perceived the throb of life in the town and felt, as it were, the breathing of that great and beautiful body. [2]
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