How to Use imply in a Sentence

imply

verb

• His words implied a threat.
• War implies fighting and death.
• Early reports implied that the judge's death was not an accident.
• As their name implies, the leaves look like fans — or the palms of our hands.
  — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
• As the word implies, for some fans, canon is no less than holy writ.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
• The shame and disgrace that this implies cannot be expunged.
  — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
• The Facebook post implies there has been some change to the rules around what can be bought with EBT cards.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• As its name implies, the Shark Steam and Scrub Mop functions as both a steam and spin mop.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, many of the names aren't nearly as exciting as the names imply.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
• As the name implies, a plug-in hybrid can be plugged in to recharge its battery pack.
  — Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver, 12 May 2023
• Is their fairy-tale apocalypse — and the rebirth implied in it — sparked by the actions of the adults around them?
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Plus, Matt dropped a hint that seemingly implies all things are a-go.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2023
• The effect of the quick edit implies that Swift is worried about the Ravens quarterback and his team.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
• That does not imply that the situation in Gaza isn’t hard.
  — TIME, 15 Oct. 2023
• As its name implies, the hotel is Venice-themed, and guests begin their stay in the over-the-top lobby decked out in frescoes.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2024
• In fact, many small breed lap dogs were bred for exactly what their name implies: to sit on laps and keep them warm.
  — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
• One employee even joked about it, implying that Howie had placed the rat foot in the soup himself.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
• The scene also implies that the events of season 7 will pick up where the previous season left off.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• The bottom line is that hacker fares – as the name implies – are still not entirely right.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
• Though it had been implied for months, our union was now official.
  — Nadeen Currie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• David’s stubbornness would imply that there’s always a chance for the show to return.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
• This sneaker transport bag is so much more than its name implies.
  — Talia Ergas, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2023
• The Milky Way’s true shape—implied in its riverlike path across the sky—offers an important clue as well.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2023
• The tour’s title, which roughly translates to The Last Drunken Party, seems to imply a farewell.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2024
• The 2024 spinoff will, as its working title implies, be set in the present and air after the main series finishes.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2023
• Declarer's jump to three no-trump implies two stoppers in your suit.
  — Bobby Wolff, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2023
• Defining any kind of era implies that the era may at some point come to a close and make way for another coherent stretch of time.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
• As the name implies, Single-Deck Blackjack is played with 1 deck of cards only, and after each hand, the cards are shuffled once again.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• On social media, Varner implied that the boy's death was a mystery.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• The agenda for the July 13 vote implies that the expansion is likely to pass, a milestone Vogt says is just a stepping stone.
  — Simmone Shah, Time, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024