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insinuation

[in-sin-yoo-ey-shuhn] / ɪnˌsɪn yuˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
implication
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Insinuation, not graphic detail, gives her books an edge of true terror.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2018

Insinuation, montage, and unprovable “facts” are washing millions of brains of their critical faculties.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2015

Had Mr Temples Friends appeard to be very intimate with him here, the like Insinuation might have been thrown out, & with a similar View, to draw an odious Suspicion on them.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

All Insinuation Scorning; I don't mean to Say that he Tipples apace, I only Know he's a very Red Face When he gets up in the Morning!

From Amaryllis at the Fair by Jefferies, Richard

Insinuation seems to be not less necessary when the opponent's action has pre-possest the minds of the judges, or when they have been fatigued by the tediousness of the pleading.

From The Training of a Public Speaker by Kleiser, Grenville




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