give an inkling
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Captain Adam Foote even had a long chat with Forsberg on the plane ride home and never once did the Swedish star give an inkling that his bothersome right foot might be acting up again.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2011
"Potatoes, with a 7% cut in acreage, a 24% smaller production, but a gross crop value about 2½times that of 1924, give an inkling of what ultimate curtailment on the farms might mean."
From Time Magazine Archive
Later when correspondents suggested that other statesmen with whom he conferred might give an inkling, Hell-&-Maria shrilled: "They are not telling anything about what I have been doing, because nobody knows that except myself!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet he had impressed his personality on his miserable surroundings sufficiently to give an inkling as to what sort of man he was.
From The People of the Abyss by London, Jack
Practice with several kinds and with different varieties of material will soon give an inkling of the best kind to use with the metal you have.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
