How to Use manifest in a Sentence

manifest

1 of 3 adjective
  • There was manifest confusion in the streets.
  • Their sadness was manifest in their faces.
  • His love for literature is manifest in his large library.
  • The evidence of the failure is manifest in the tide of debt itself.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Tourists who were not on the manifest were not permitted to board.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The first law of diversity is manifest in the brains of birds and mammals.
    Rob Dunn, Wired, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The rage of the oppression taking place would be manifest in some fashion.
    Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 23 July 2017
  • Impeachment is a grave business, and the risks are manifest.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Lucy was joy in those moments, manifest and true, in a way only dogs can be.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The greatest creation has been our love made manifest in our children.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2018
  • There’s a huge difference to me, and that view is manifest in this season.
    Sopan Deb, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • And all the horrors that come with the Empire are being made manifest throughout the galaxy.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The road ahead is still a long one, though, as can be seen from the manifest ferment in the industrial sector.
    Fabio Moioli, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Well, the error of that thinking is made sharply manifest by this recession.
    Jarvis Deberry, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2020
  • The real fear is manifest in a mounting sense that this is a mere skirmish in a more consequential struggle for the world over the next decade.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
  • This realm hosts Palaces, which are the twisted emotions of their targets made manifest.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Seeing a dark shape manifest in the hallway, Will runs outside, but then turns to face it.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Waiters sneered at them for not knowing which glass was for which wine, and served them with manifest reluctance.
    Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The big one: All color deficiencies are roughly the same or manifest as a gray-scale view of the world.
    Sam Escobar, Allure, 18 Aug. 2021
  • This influence is manifest in the conduct of impeachment so far.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 12 Oct. 2019
  • This law made manifest all the flaws inherent to legislative planning of the economy.
    Jay Cost, National Review, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The seriousness of Kreindler’s artistry is easy to miss because of his subject matter and manifest love for it.
    Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
  • But what’s indisputable is that, in the ancient story, the holy is made manifest in openness to others.
    Time, 6 Jan. 2023
  • And the consequences of that are physically manifest in school buildings.
    Chris Hacker, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Go ahead, open your freezer and check it out: broken symmetries made manifest.
    Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The essential human quality of this endeavor is made manifest even if the research has a veil of protection over it.
    Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • And there, its essential role as an expression of self and antidote to horror is manifest.
    New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The broad ethical and moral issues raised by crowdfunding are manifest.
    Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 4 June 2018
  • But there are few, if any, with a greater sense of manifest destiny than the United States and China.
    Tony Abbott, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2017
  • These patterns are manifest not just in America but in most of the industrialized world.
    WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
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manifest

2 of 3 verb
  • Their religious beliefs are manifested in every aspect of their lives.
  • Her behavior problems began manifesting themselves soon after she left home.
  • Both sides have manifested a stubborn unwillingness to compromise.
  • This could manifest anywhere from the back to the shoulder to the hips.
    Emily Rekstis, Allure, 31 July 2022
  • That is the essence of the truth that sets you free to manifest your destiny.
    Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2023
  • And that’s gotta manifest itself on both ends of the floor.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The longer the tussle drags on, the more likely the disease is to manifest.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2021
  • See how these weight room and workout feats manifest on the field in just a few weeks.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The culture wars were manifest in more fraught ways as well.
    Nicole Laporte, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
  • This is when the first signs of infection tend to manifest.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 21 Dec. 2022
  • If your lungs are healthy, maybe this will manifest as a mild cough.
    Matt Simon, Wired, 25 June 2020
  • Gains in deep tech are just more difficult to come by and take longer to manifest.
    Grady McGregor, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The real work is going to take time to manifest itself.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 8 June 2021
  • Ready to tackle a new challenge in life, or manifest one of your goals?
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
  • At the other end of the court was the reason destiny didn’t manifest itself.
    The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The process of aging is normal but can manifest in very tell-tale signs.
    Daily Health Reports, Chron, 4 Feb. 2021
  • So, how does that manifest itself or what are the areas?
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • It’s why fringe groups are left in the lurch when predictions about the end of days don’t manifest.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022
  • In the end, the concern about lung cancers may not manifest in anything at all.
    Caroline Lester, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2019
  • All of these initiatives cost money and the returns take a long time to manifest.
    Tima Bansal, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • That means the ultimate proof that our ship is turning will take even longer to manifest.
    Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Three are open now, and the fourth will manifest upon Max's death.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 July 2022
  • This kind of decreased or poor judgment can manifest in many ways.
    Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2021
  • How such ideas manifest on gallery walls more broadly remains to be seen.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • This can manifest in someone telling you how to feel, as well as you not feeling heard.
    Emily Newhouse, Allure, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Is there a way to manifest that idea of past-is-present inside ourselves?
    Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2021
  • No word on how the kids’ interest in planes will manifest, but who knows?
    Marie Claire Editors, Marie Claire, 18 Sep. 2021
  • But the impact of these decisions will not manifest overnight.
    Utsha G. Khatri, STAT, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Time to start really manifesting for the new decade ahead.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Rumor has it that there is a land rush of sorts, manifested in the pursuit of office space.
    Gary Miller, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2018
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manifest

3 of 3 noun
  • What this work makes manifest is the idea that artists’ ideas are art works in themselves.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The Post obtained a copy of the manifest for the ship, which details all of the cargo on board.
    Washington Post, 15 June 2021
  • How do leisure and adornment manifest in your own lives?
    Scarlett Newman, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The plane’s tail number and details from the flight manifest have not yet been released.
    Jake Bleiberg, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019
  • Do abuses of power in that culture manifest in the game’s ideas?
    Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The documents list the names of Uber employees on the manifest.
    oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
  • Three children and three infants were on the flight, according to the manifest.
    Britt Clennett, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Or did that manifest as your career kind of progressed?
    Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
  • How that power has manifest is almost as much a sight to behold as the balls that rocket off his bat.
    Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • So how does the warm layer that causes sleet manifest itself?
    Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The timing of when and how those defenses manifest could matter too.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2022
  • One wasn't on the ship’s manifest and was presumably a migrant.
    Demetris Nellas, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Experts also point to ship manifests and wills of slave owners.
    USA Today, 17 Oct. 2019
  • That record is then matched against the manifest to determine how much revenue the team is supposed to share with other teams.
    New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Now, this Mars mission has moved up in the queue to be first in line on the New Glenn manifest.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The manifest indicated the truck was hauling crates of cactus pads.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • And big trends like that manifest in smaller dysfunctions first.
    Paul Musgrave, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2019
  • With at least a dozen more launches on the manifest for this year, anything’s possible.
    Amy Thompson, WIRED, 28 June 2018
  • It’s whether our votes will make manifest our democracy.
    Elizabeth Alexander, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The launch contract gives the Falcon Heavy a manifest of at least six launches over the next two-to-three years.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Adding to the mystery, the passenger manifest contains names of magicians who died decades ago.
    Anita Porterfield, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Population change is a drip, manifest in the private language of a new lease or miles away in housing court.
    Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 25 July 2017
  • Will all this energy manifest as some kind of pressure bearing down?
    Jenny Sharaf, The Cut, 2 July 2018
  • Away from the launch pad and Vulcan's lengthy manifest of customers, there are many questions about the future.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
  • John saw that level-headedness manifest itself in his son over the past two seasons.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 4 May 2021
  • Because the manifest shows eight, and the agents’ questions confirm his suspicions.
    Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The muscles in your neck and shoulders become tense, back or neck pain manifests, and even painful headaches can develop.
    Jason Wanlass, idahostatesman, 5 May 2017
  • How does that difference manifest in the final product?
    David Marchese, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2021
  • New moons are one of the most pivotal times of the month to set intentions, prioritize a clean slate, and manifest for your future.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • That’s the compelling thing about places like Dumpling Home, where finesse and care manifest in the micro scale.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 5 Nov. 2020

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