Sentences with suggest
sug·gest
S s - He suggested a link between class size and test results of seven-year-olds. [VERB noun]
- Could you suggest someone to advise me how to do this? [VERB noun]
- Suggest implies a putting of something into the mind either intentionally, as by way of a proposal [I suggest you leave now], or unintentionally, as through association of ideas [the smell of ether suggests a hospital]; imply stresses the putting into the mind of something involved, but not openly expressed, in a word, a remark, etc. and suggests the need for inference [the answer implied a refusal]; hint connotes faint or indirect suggestion that is, however, intended to be understood [he hinted that he would come]; intimate suggests a making known obliquely by a very slight hint [she only dared to intimate her feelings]; insinuate implies the subtle hinting of something disagreeable or of that which one lacks the courage to say outright [are you insinuating that I am dishonest?]
- I'm not suggesting that is what is happening. [VERB that]
- Earlier reports suggested that a meeting would take place on Sunday. [VERB that]
- This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut. [VERB noun]
- I suggest Smith for the post
- That painting suggests home to me
- His face always suggests his peace of mind
- Objects suggested by the shapes of clouds
- To suggest a course of study
- A silence that suggested agreement
- A success that suggested further attempts
- The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- We suggested him for president.
- The glove suggests that she was at the scene of the crime.
- I didn't tell him to leave, I only suggested it.
- The music suggests a still night.