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LONDON—The first inkling that a thaw in the relations between Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, came earlier this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

After watching events in Washington over the past week, I have an inkling of how Mr. Stengel felt—dismay and sheer wonder at the team’s incompetence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Bobby had an inkling that disaster might strike and was well prepared.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

“That was my first really inkling of what my daddy did,” he said, “and the type of people that were at the club.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

But he’d never had any inkling of what he now sensed lay beyond that tantalizing door.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

That’s how science works: You come up with a good idea backed by some inklings of evidence, you gather more information, and you often learn you were wrong.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2025

“Family Remix” captures that process in the docuseries, starting from his first inklings of wanting to chronicle each step through his first-person account in People magazine.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024

And what were your first inklings that this wasn’t the whole story?

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

Lexy Silverstein, a digital marketing student at FIDM, has heard inklings about this potential partnership and said she could be affected, depending when it is implemented.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2023

But that orphans’ home inspired no inklings of thankfulness in my heart.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan