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25 example sentences for INDEX, such as:

1. Speech is the index of the mind.
2. The face is no index to the heart.
3. Do you know the price index in the city?
4. His index finger steadied on my suitcase.
5. Warm breezes index the approach of spring.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDEX
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index
 n.  anything which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses; prologue indicating what follows; second digit
Classic Sentence:
1  He was counselled to the one which alarmed him by that mysterious index finger which we all perceive whenever we fix our eyes on the darkness.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER 68
2  Grimaud therefore added nothing to his speech, but contented himself with pointing his index finger in the direction of the hedge, announcing by this gesture the cardinal and his escort.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 51 OFFICER
3  This fin has four regular bone-fingers, the index, middle, ring, and little finger.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
4  He thinks that in the meantime I should see Renfield, as hitherto he has been a sort of index to the coming and going of the Count.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  The size and arrangements of a people's homes are no unfair index of their condition.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  Search the index to find the address of the data file.
2  Although the book was devoted to cancer, the word "cancer" did not even appear in the index.
3  Warm breezes index the approach of spring.
4  A key word index is an enlargement to the book.
5  The changing size of an infant's head is considered an index of brain growth.
6  Consumer spending is often a good index of public confidence in the economy.
7  The face is no index to the heart.
8  His index finger steadied on my suitcase.
9  His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again.
10  He suffered a hairline fracture of the right index finger.
11  Speech is the index of the mind.
12  A direct relation between body mass index and the risk of gall bladder disease has been described.
13  She wrote the main points of her speech on index cards.
14  For most small investors, the ability to diversify is a primary advantage of index funds.
15  Do you know the price index in the city?