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insinuate

[in-sin-yoo-ayt] / ɪnˈsɪn juˌeɪt /




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It and other rags insinuate the problem, As Ever, is the royal formerly known as Meghan Markle.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Her tales defy easy categorization—suspense shockers? ghost stories? horror sketches?—even as they insinuate themselves into our souls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

"I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that – and to insinuate that I did is disgusting," Platner said in a statement to the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

Bud lives with his mom and subsequently keeps his “day job” as a limo driver but is driven to insinuate himself into some other writing gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

And bouncing on her flat heels, full of coffee and nerve and code, was Eva Seiler, Berlin’s interpretive liaison with London, soon to insinuate herself into the German-speaking underworld of Ormaie.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Sibarium insinuates that Lucero has exercised undue influence over residency acceptances.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

Her placement in an even higher position of authority than she was before shows how easily she insinuates her way into influential positions by committing evil acts masked as serving the greater good.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023

Even the job title insinuates that we are not people, but literal background—like a painting or flowerpot that is placed on a table to make the walls look less bare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

Harding insinuates himself into Adil’s life to get closer to Ruhaba, who seems to recognize Harding’s attraction to her while keeping him at a collegial distance.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

Some of the Tales are obviously modelled on those of Chaucer and Boccaccio, but in most of his, he insinuates a political or social moral, while they narrate the story for the story's sake.

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by William Henry Oliphant Smeaton

Her ex-partner eventually managed to get hold of him, but he insinuated all the money was gone.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Constantly assuming new faces, it has insinuated itself into the heart of our societies, into every crack, too often accompanied by that same pact of cowardice: to keep silent, to refuse to see."

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

The best thing about “Lines of Resolution” is how powerfully it drives home that television has insinuated itself into every aspect of contemporary life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

Nor does Moscow’s subway system — built with slave labor — pose some grand indictment of America, as Carlson insinuated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

No one showed any interest in tracking me, no one pried, no one insinuated.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Despite her efforts, Vicki's daughter struggled to gain weight and she felt like medical staff were insinuating she was "not doing enough" and "starving" her baby.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

He responded with, “There goes the house,” insinuating that he’s going to lose it.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025

I have lived, Jhabvala said, like “a cuckoo forever insinuating myself into others’ nests.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

In fact the White House defended it, insinuating the journalist deserved it for being “unprofessional.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

Even now, she could feel the magic pulsing under her skin, each filament insinuating itself between cells, through tissues, filling up her bones.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill


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