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Example sentences for "inform"

Lexicographically close words:
infolding; inforce; inforced; inforcements; inforcing; informacion; informal; informality; informally; informant
  1. Can any one inform me as to the fact, or refer me to any ornithological work in which I can find it?

  2. Can any one inform me where I can see a copy of Robert Southwell's Supplication to Queen Elizabeth, which was printed, according to Watts, in 1593?

  3. Can any of your readers inform me with whom the proverb originated: "A living dog is better than a dead lion?

  4. Then let me inform you that I have just received certain intelligence that his majesty is in England at this moment.

  5. An express had been sent by Sir Henry Hoghton to General Carpenter, who had reached Clitheroe, to inform him that hostilities had commenced, and it was therefore certain he would arrive next day.

  6. The following day a religious minim of the House of Chaillot came to inform me of the state of affairs.

  7. The royal officials of the said port shall take account of them, and shall inform my governor thereof and the royal officials of the said islands, sending them the registers, and giving them all necessary information.

  8. A Christian chanced to see her and hastened to inform us.

  9. Illness had prevented her previously from executing her resolution, but she deputed me to inform my father that that resolution was unchanged and to arrange with him the necessary preliminaries.

  10. Lady Tyrrell thought that it might have been as well to inform her that such guests were so speedily expected, and she had every inclination either to say so, or to quit the room and leave Sir Francis to receive them himself.

  11. Now, I will inform you," said he, "how I manage my physicians.

  12. I need not inform you my illnesses are usually short.

  13. I can't exactly tell," replied the other; "but I can inform you that an ass is older at twenty than a man at sixty!

  14. And now, after your very ingenious distinction without a difference, perhaps you can inform the court who was the architect for the Tower of Babel!

  15. HORNE TOOKE, on being asked by a foreigner of distinction how much treason an Englishman might venture to write without being hanged, replied, that "he could not inform him just yet, but that he was trying.

  16. Shortly afterwards he took his leave, and Mrs. Dale hastened to seek her husband in his study, inform him of the success of her matrimonial scheme, and consult him as to the chance of the squire's acquiescence therein.

  17. The while the Lady Alethea would return to her post of assiduous nurse, and inform his lordship of Pomona's speedy attendance.

  18. To inform a man that the material universe exists, and that he believes in its existence, is to take for granted that he is an idiot.

  19. I beg you to inform me, what are the arrangements, prescribed by your government for the transportation of his remains to France, as well as those relating to the persons of his suite.

  20. There is little hope, we may as well inform him, of his return to Braemar to-night, unless he be a person of more than ordinary pedestrian acquirements.

  21. Very well, I shall so inform the admiral.

  22. I shall inform Admiral Sellings that you will report to him for instructions.

  23. Whereupon I will inform you of what I have been told by a country friend of mine, who pretended to have a mind to go to the devil's meeting with his own shepherd, who had the reputation of being a great sorcerer.

  24. If not, can you inform me probable cause?

  25. Mr. Gladstone thought that I should at once inform Mr. Parnell of this.

  26. Mr. Balfour replied with courteous scepticism, but promised to inform Lord Salisbury.

  27. Mr. Gladstone had also to inform the Queen that in what is considered the whig or moderate section of the House there had been recent indications of great dislike to special legislation, even of a mild character, for Ireland.

  28. On this suggestion he instructed Robinson to inform Brand that if armed opposition should at once cease, the government "would thereupon endeavour to frame such a scheme as in their belief would satisfy all friends of the Transvaal community.

  29. On November 27 all was well over; and Mr. Gladstone was able to inform the Queen that "the delicate and novel communications" between the two sets of leaders had been brought to a happy termination.

  30. Wood to inform the government from what quarter the suggestion of an armistice actually proceeded.

  31. The dean was so insolently treated by them that he was obliged, in order to prevent greater troubles, to return and inform the governor and the royal Audiencia, then in session.

  32. And, speaking thereof, deign to inform me, kind sir, how long I have been indebted to your hospitality.

  33. Vouchsafe to inform me to what scion of our House we are this day indebted for the credit with which you have upborne its cognizance?

  34. Should I get any further information on the subject, I will immediately inform you of it.

  35. They inform me that a white man (a discharged soldier from St. Peters) had killed a Menominee a few days past.

  36. Dear Sir:–I have the pleasure to inform you that your nomination as a major-general has been confirmed by the Senate.

  37. I inclose my draft for three hundred dollars, which I trust may be sufficient for a year's maintenance, seeing that she goes well provided with clothing: if otherwise, you will please inform me.

  38. Annette's place is with us until she marries, and if it is necessary I shall inform Mrs. Stoddart of that fact.

  39. After a time, she made her resume communications with her aunts, and inform them who she was travelling with and where she was.

  40. And then you come back here and inform me that he was not fit, which you knew before you started.

  41. He must already be back to Paris; be sure and ask Schlesinger, who will be best able to inform you of this.

  42. His servant would always inform us of this.

  43. Of the change of dedication you will inform Probst as soon as you have arranged with Pleyel.

  44. If he does not wish to acquire the right of publication for London, tell him to inform me of it by letter.

  45. I beg of you to inform the people there of this, I wrote to Johnnie to-day to retain for me that valet, and order him to wait for me at Rue Tronchet on Friday from noon.

  46. Can any of your correspondents inform me where these lines first appear?

  47. Can any of your readers inform me of any traces of the doctrine of the Resurrection to be found in authors anterior to the Christian era?

  48. Can any of your readers inform me who is in possession of the papers of the late Mr. Clarkson, the historian of Richmond, in Yorkshire?

  49. In a postscript, she adds: "I desire you to inform me (if you can) who lives in my house in Boston.

  50. They were also led from humanity, to inform the white people of their danger, when they knew their settlements were about to be invaded.

  51. Can anyone give the names of the two British soldiers killed at Concord Bridge, or inform me if there were any papers taken from their bodies that would identity them?

  52. This letter, finished and mailed, the young mine-owner visited his lawyer, to inform him of his discovery and learn its probable value.

  53. He had bought a miserable hulk, and came, rubbing his hands, to inform me she was already on the slip, under a new name, to be repaired.

  54. You're a sailor, and you've given me plenty of points; but I am an artist, and allow me to inform you this is quite as strange as all the rest.

  55. As the telegraph line is generally in a state of collapse, owing to the white ants eating the posts, and to vagaries on the part of the Portuguese or natives, it took some days to inform the agent.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inform" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    inform against; inform them; inform you; information from; informed them; informing them