A logical consequence or suggestion that is not explicitly stated.
She knew he wouldn't call. The way he’d packed his bag, the silence when she’d asked if he’d be back, it all carried an implication she couldn't ignore. Her heart sank; the unspoken promise of his return was gone.
The old man stared at the cracked, dry soil. His gaze lingered on the tiny, wilting sprouts. Their fragile state held a stark implication: without rain soon, his entire season's harvest, his livelihood, would be lost. He sighed, the weight of that unspoken truth pressing down.
The silence after his outburst hung heavy. It wasn't just anger; there was an unspoken implication that he wouldn't be staying long, a chilling suggestion of departure with no words needed to confirm it.
Barnaby's tiny pet hamster, Sir Reginald Fluffernutter, wore a monocle. The implication, though not said out loud, was clear: Sir Reginald was judging everyone's life choices, especially their snack selections. Nobody dared eat a sad cracker in his presence.
Barry the sentient sock puppet suddenly developed a sophisticated understanding of existential dread. The implication, for his fluffy orange brother, was that Barry might refuse to be worn to the next puppet show. This caused a significant wobble in his button eyes.
She stared at the empty plate, the silence deafening. Her father's sigh, a barely audible sound, carried a heavy implication. It wasn't just about the wasted food; it was about the disappointment, the unsaid worry for her future.
He stared at the cracked data slate, its screen flickering with an error message he couldn't decipher. The *implication* was clear though: all the data was gone. A heavy sigh escaped him; all those hours, vanished.
He stared at the tarnished silver locket, its clasp broken. The implication was clear: it had been forcibly opened. A knot tightened in his stomach, a cold dread whispering of betrayal and what else might have been taken.
My cat's suspicious stare after I ate the last cookie held a distinct implication. She didn't meow, but the slow blink and tail twitch suggested I might find my favorite socks mysteriously shredded.
Bartholomew insisted his pet rock, Reginald, understood existential dread, pointing to its stillness as an implication of profound sorrow. The implication was clear: Bartholomew was very, very bored.
She saw the packed boxes by the door, the keys missing from the hook, and a hollow ache settled in her chest. The unspoken implication was clear: he was leaving, and she was being left behind, a stark and unwelcome certainty.
The faint scent of ozone lingering after the aurora faded carried a chilling implication. No one had seen the aurora in decades, and its sudden, violent reappearance suggested something significant, perhaps catastrophic, was now underway, hidden from our immediate sight.
The hushed silence after he admitted finding the discarded compass carried a heavy implication. No one spoke, but the shared glance across the grimy workshop conveyed everything; a stark warning that his curiosity had led them to the brink of something they couldn't escape.
Bartholomew's enthusiastic, albeit slightly damp, handshake had a peculiar implication: he’d likely just been wrestling a particularly boisterous otter. His sheepish grin and the faint scent of kelp strongly suggested this, though he never actually confessed his aquatic sparring match.
The vicar's sudden acquisition of a solid gold, life-sized badger statue carried a distinct implication: perhaps his sermons about fiscal responsibility were less about personal sacrifice and more about *strategic future investments* for the parish, or at least his own garden gnome collection.
She surveyed the ransacked room, a tremor in her hands. The absence of her prized locket, usually displayed prominently, carried a grave implication. Someone had been here, someone who knew exactly what they were after, and the unspoken threat of their intrusion hung heavy in the air.
The protracted silence after her accusation hung heavy, each unanswered query a palpable weight. He knew, without her uttering a single word, that the implication of her distress was a profound breach of their nascent trust, a chasm widening with every drawn breath.
The frayed edges of the parchment, along with the cryptic, truncated notations, suggested an imminent, unspoken collapse. The very absence of a clear directive carried a chilling implication: the expedition's patron had abandoned them to their perilous, unsupervised endeavor, leaving only the specter of their demise.
Barnaby's meticulously crafted, *recondite* argument about quantum mechanics lacked a single factual assertion, yet its profound *implication* – that he’d spent the evening gargling loose change instead of studying – was chillingly evident to all present.
The cadaverous librarian, with a perpetual grimace suggesting untold bibliophilic woes, adjusted his spectacles. The subtle *slurp* from his tepid, unsweetened dandelion tea carried an undeniable implication that he had just cataloged the last known copy of a truly abysmal 17th-century sonnet cycle.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.