All 6 Uses
imply
in
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks
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- At twenty-five, she was a widow and she hated everything about the word: how it sounded, what it implied, the way her mouth moved when she formed the word.†
Chpt Prol.implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- Singer merely gave her a look that seemed to imply, What's the holdup?†
Chpt 1imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- "I didn't ask her about that," Mike answered, his tone implying the very thought was ridiculous.†
Chpt 2implying = suggesting (saying indirectly)
- As long as we do it my way, everything will be fine, Richard seemed to imply.†
Chpt 9imply = suggest (say indirectly)
- Though everything she had said was absolutely true, when she looked at Pete again, his expression confirmed that Richard had already implied something different.
Chpt 32 *implied = said indirectly
- Though she wasn't sure exactly what the answers were yet—or even the questions, for that matter—as she stared at the photographs and wondered what they implied about Richard, she couldn't help but feel that she was getting close to something important.†
Chpt 35implied = suggested (said indirectly)
Definitions:
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(1)
(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)