How to Use indicate in a Sentence

indicate

verb
Definition of indicatenext
Synonyms for indicatenext
  • The size of his offer indicates that he is eager to buy the house.
  • We asked how to get to the rear entrance, and he indicated a path leading around the right side of the building.
  • The general used a long ruler to indicate on the map exactly where the troops would land.
  • There is nothing to indicate that the two events are connected.
  • Reports did not indicate the agency where the tow truck driver worked.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2024
  • High elasticity indicates that your hair is strong and healthy.
    — Brittany Loggins, Health, 26 May 2024
  • Do roots appearing on the surface of the soil beneath my tree indicate erosion?
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
  • Ragged holes and edges on plant leaves indicate earwig activity.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024
  • Public records indicate Bassett lives within a mile radius of several schools.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 May 2024
  • The tweet’s earnest accusation of hypocrisy indicates this wasn’t some nihilistic edgelord joke, but a plain fabrication.
    — Allen Salkin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
  • Folksy fox masks guard each of the 81 luxurious rooms — and cleverly light up to indicate a do-not-disturb preference.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2024
  • This year’s results indicate the lowest public support for hunting since 2011.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2024
  • Discard lysine supplements after one year or as indicated on the packaging.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 6 June 2024
  • New research indicates that the roiling storms at the planet’s polar regions are powered by processes that are known to physicists studying the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
  • These changes could affect ticket costs across the board, according to experts, although Southwest has not addressed pricing or indicated that regular seat costs will change.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 July 2024
  • But recent data, including the surprisingly strong second-quarter growth figures, indicate that the economy is on firm footing.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 July 2024
  • The display lights up to indicate both the center and the sides of the stud.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The clerk cleared her throat to indicate that the store was closing.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The plans could change if forecasts indicate a decrease in the strength or change in the track of the storm.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • Pins in the ground indicate that the marsh has stopped gaining ground.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Not even a sign to indicate what once was on that spot.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The Navy’s records indicate Tom served for more than 19 years.
    — Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • Cox and Cyr had five kills apiece in the fourth set, which was not as close as the score would indicate.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Records fail to indicate if he has been asked to enter pleas to the three counts.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2021
  • Now look at the tip; the markings indicate a range from full to one-quart low.
    — Gary Witzenburg, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Such a study could indicate what specifics about the 1918 flu people are aware of.
    — Scott Hershberger, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2020
  • These signs indicate the need to work on the inner game.
    — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Use washi tape to indicate events that last more than one day.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 8 May 2018
  • The video above seems to indicate that the players jumped the official, right?
    — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 9 July 2018
  • As the list indicates, most artists make the bulk of their income from concert sales.
    — Maria Carter, Country Living, 12 July 2017

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