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Example Sentences

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Note the type of questions the employee asks—do they indicate the person has an inkling of what you need them to do?

From The Wall Street Journal

We had no inkling at the time what the public response would be - but it was soon clear that something astonishing was happening.

From BBC

And because the stock has rallied for so long, even the smallest inkling of a crack in the company story can trigger a selloff.

From Barron's

“I had no inkling,” he would write, “that my life was changing forever.”

From Literature

She was cast as Kim, before a last name was even assigned to the character, and with no inkling for how essential she would become to the story.

From Los Angeles Times