Sentence examples for common clues from inspiring English sources
More and more crossword constructors are relying on computer programs and data bases of common clues.
I also wanted to tell you about an interesting blog post that former Wordplay host Jim Horne wrote about the most commonly used clues in crossword puzzles, and I was going to segue into it by pointing out some of those common clues, but wouldn't you know that the one day I wanted to go looking for a "Jai ___" clue, or a clue like "Singer Yoko," they're just not there.
While there are some common clues to sarcasm, we all have a sarcastic comment go over our head every now and then.
■ 25A: This is a fairly common cluing trick, but we have some assistance today from the word "phonetically". If this was a later-week puzzle, we might not have that hint.
Another common clue is an athlete's lactate threshold, the intensity of exercise that corresponds to an abrupt increase in lactate.
However, few attempts have been made to identify the etiologic organisms of BV, and diagnoses have relied only on the presence of common "clue cells" detected in cervical swabs [ 4, 5].
Also, ER and PR are highly specific markers for breast cancer [ 11] and ER/PR negative breast tumor without an in situ component is the most common clue for suspicion of metastatic tumor in the breast.
A common clue which indicates a failing power supply is a high-pitched whining or grinding noise from the area of the case where the power supply is housed.
The study showed that some industrial chemicals that were rare in the environment were absorbed more readily by the body than similar ones that were more common, providing clues that could avert mistaken regulatory crackdowns on the wrong compound, the scientists said.
Because many proteins interact with the same chaperone, they need something in common, some clue, to hold the interaction together.
Each is a pastiche, pitch perfect and strewn with common themes and clues: one group's use of narratives to hold power over another.
