DIVULGE in a Sentence

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13 example sentences for DIVULGE, such as:

1. The Pentagon refused to divulge what type of plane it was.
2. It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.
3. His secret was a shameful one, and he could not bring himself to divulge it.
4. Some of the subtlest secrets of the seas seemed divulged to us in this enchanted pond.
5. He never spoke of himself, and in a conversation with Miss Norton divulged the pleasing fact.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIVULGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
divulge
 v.  reveal; make known to public
Classic Sentence:
1  His secret was a shameful one, and he could not bring himself to divulge it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
2  What he will divulge I cannot tell, but I have no doubt that your Grace could make him understand that it is to his interest to be silent.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
3  I should have feared to injure both Edmond and yourself, had I divulged my own apprehensions to a soul.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
4  All Villefort's influence barely enabled him to stifle the secret Dantes had so nearly divulged.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
5  Some of the subtlest secrets of the seas seemed divulged to us in this enchanted pond.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
6  Unwittingly here a secret has been divulged, which perhaps might more properly, in set way, have been disclosed before.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 106. Ahab's Leg.
7  He never spoke of himself, and in a conversation with Miss Norton divulged the pleasing fact.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
8  Under the weight of my wicked secret, I pondered whether the Church would be powerful enough to shield me from the vengeance of the terrible young man, if I divulged to that establishment.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
9  Alasamenes repaired to Sparta, and never divulged his commission till the time came for executing it; and so succeeded in putting Nabis to death.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
10  Without divulging his secret, Dantes could not give sufficiently clear instructions to an agent.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
Example Sentence:
1  The Pentagon refused to divulge what type of plane it was.
2  It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.
3  Will update regarding the details, but all I can divulge is that it involves a really good-looking guy.