insinuate

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

She just didn’t put up with B.S. from guys who were trying to diminish her, call her irrational and insinuate she was clingy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025

No one required Rodgers to publicly insinuate, without a single shred of merit, that late night host Jimmy Kimmel is a sex criminal.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024

They found the scientific establishment ridiculous and plodding, yet they knew how to insinuate themselves into it.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Cady, claiming no hard feelings, insinuates himself into their world, apparently friendly, apparently helpful, so that it’s not always clear what’s sincere and what’s strategy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

His press flak insinuates it’s because the senator’s name sounds like that of a nameless criminal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

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

A small seating area has been colonized by Gillen’s prints and handmade artist books; a commanding aluminum triptych insinuates itself over the dining table.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

“It’s been a fine evening, Josef,” insinuates the old man, his eyes still fixed upon the bag.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch

In an interview with an Argentine daily, Venezi, 36, insinuated that jobs in the opera orchestra were "practically passed down from father to son", angering musicians.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 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

“There is a definite agitating element” in antipoverty agencies in Durham, Galifianakis insinuated, and asked the FBI’s assistance in uncovering the “troublemakers.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The Webb score is subtle and insinuating, but it could also be explosive, as in the devastating discovery cue dramatizing the heroine’s realization that she is being poisoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

At the time of Pratt’s announcement, a rep for Mayor Karen Bass issued a scathing response, insinuating that the bid was little more than a publicity stunt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025

This fits in with Kennedy's long-standing history of eugenics-tinged notions that disease is a good thing, falsely claiming that it strengthens the gene pool, and insinuating that it makes survivors stronger.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

Something furry pushed itself against her side in one smooth, insinuating motion, Coraline jumped, then breathed a, sigh of relief when she saw what it was.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman