hinting

Example Sentences

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Hinting at future resignations, Buck told reporters ominously, “I think it’s the next three people that leave that they’re going to be worried about.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024

Hinting that Roman had been accused of being an informant, Castellanos said, “it was agreed on that he didn’t do that intentionally,” emphasizing in dark ink the last word, “and would remain in good standing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Hinting at his Labor Party’s pro-Republican agenda, Albanese said: “No longer parent and young upstart, we stand as equals.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

A few thoughts: Hinting will probably not change entrenched worldviews.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

How she walked, how withered white, From the blessing to the board, She who would have proudly blushed, Women whispered, asking why, Hinting of a youth, and hushed.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George