The way towards their appreciation lies in the phenomena of a child's mind; the true clue to the psychology of rude populations.
I'm sure that the letters you have brought to show Theodore will puzzle him as much as they have me, and that he will be able to assure you that he has no clue either to their contents or to their writer.
There was nothing in the correspondence to give any clue to those particulars.
I maintain that we have not yet discovered the most essential clue to this case--something to throw light on the possible motive which prompted the murder of Hugh Mainwaring.
Now, sir, there is no doubt in the mind of any sane man that those words were spoken by the murderer of Hugh Mainwaring, and I think now we have a pretty good clue to his identity.
Mr. Mainwaring, have you, during this time, received any clue regarding the identity of your mother, or is that still unknown to you?
Sweetwater had lost a clue in a thousand, and Mr. Greywell, no one knew what he had lost.
Those lines handed up to Mrs. Fairbrother from the walk outside are the second most valuable clue we possess.
Can not that opening be found, and may it not give a clue to the man I saw skulking through it with terror and remorse in his heart?
He is being looked for now, high and low, and we hope to get some clue to his whereabouts before night.
What if no other clue offered--no other clue, I mean, recognized as such by police or public!
He hoped Mr. Grey would speak, hoped that in some way, by some means, he might obtain a clue to his patron's thoughts.
For a few moments he sat in silence, his eyes bent upon the ground, while Jane held the little locket in her hand, turning it over and over in an endeavor to find some further clue that might lead to the identity of its original owner.
That thoroughbred which he usually keeps in the Arlington stables when he is in town is gone; and that's about the only clue I have to work on.
And he put two and two together, in his calculating way; he guessed at the clue and sent Bates to look for it--at the top of the bluff.
Utterly at a loss though he was, incapable of seeing any clue to the tremendous riddle, he still retained enough wit to hail the column, now passing down the slope some three or four hundred yards to westward.
Even the discovery of three or four dead perch, floating belly up, round and round in an eddy, gave him no clue to the total destruction of all life.
I found, therefore, no clue for the labyrinth of surmise: and I went home, more vexed and disappointed with my day's expedition than I liked to acknowledge to myself.
When he had disappeared over the fells, I made my way down to his cottage, determined to find some clue to what occurred.
He had no clue now as to what was going on, and his mind swarmed with horrible possibilities.
After breakfast was over, however, I got a clue to her nationality.
Add to which, that the nature of discovery has ordinarily been, that, when once the clue has been found, it reveals itself to several about the same period of time.
He was taught by Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, how to destroy the monster, and furnished with a clue by which afterwards to find his way out of the labyrinth.
I was puzzled, and by no thought or reflection could I find any clue to the mystery.
Here was both a renewal of hope, and some clue to guide me; but the light was faint, and the clue somewhat frail.
Thus far, however, they had left behind noclue to their participation.
It is the clue I have been searching after for nearly five years.
Moreover his former acquaintance with Mrs. Dupont gave him a clueto the mystery.
It would be better to let him alone at present, and try to uncover a clue elsewhere.
There are other cases of record, in which underground streams of water have been discovered by Psychometrists, by means of the clue given by a bit of earth, stone, etc.
It came in upon an anxious household, for up to that time they had been able to gain no clue to Theodora's disappearance.
He hoped ere long to leave his present haunts and associates, and he did not care to give the latter a clue by which they might trace him in his new character and position.
This would give no clue to his present home, and would answer the purpose of relieving his mother's anxiety.
This gives us an interesting clue to Sil-la’s knowledge of the outside world.
These stories show such enormous discrepancies in dates that they are alike incredible, and yet it may be that the latter story has some basis in fact, at any rate it gives us our only clue to the founding of the Kingdom of Pu-yŭ.
Only near the end did he find the clue in words of his own, spoken long ago, and a name.
No name appeared on the fly-leaf, and, turning the pages to find some clue to its owner, he read here and there enough to give him glimpses into an innocent and earnest heart which seemed to be learning some hard lesson patiently.
On several occasions I have unwittingly set my box within a few paces of a bee-tree and waited long for bees without getting them, when, on removing to a distant field or opening in the woods I have got a clue at once.
In determining the causes of an epidemic no clue is to be left unexamined until all possibilities have been exhausted.
Since the residents of this outlying station lost sight of him and his men, no clue to his fate has ever been found.
These facts, while furnishing no actual clue to the age of Mandarin china, showed that at least it could not have been manufactured before the Tartars came into power in 1644.
An entire system of Chinese philosophy is built upon this combination, and not only so, but they furnish a "clue to the secrets of nature and of being.
They cast about in all directions for the clue which shall connect their loftiest hopes with their actual living.
To emphasize the eternal aspects of love is not of course an easy undertaking, even if we follow the clue afforded by the heart of every generous lover.
The perpetual difficulty consists in finding the clue for him and placing it in his hands, for, if the teaching is too detached from life, it does not result in any psychic impulsion at all.
It is partly in response to this need that more sophisticated young people often go to the theater, hoping to find a clue to life's perplexities.
That Sir Richard Pexsall died in 1571, is the only clue I have to the date of the match.
If he failed there in finding any clue to the object of his inquiry, he determined to repair next to Rubbleford, and to address himself boldly to Mrs. Peckover.
In that adventure, and in the strange results attending it, the clue lies hidden, which leads to the Mystery of the painter's fireside, and reveals the story of this book.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clue" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
