innuendo
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Several critics noted that Lawson did not deliver as much innuendo as expected during her debut in the tent.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Owens’ story is backed by innuendo, exaggerations, outright falsehoods, and, in several instances, messages delivered through Owens’ own dreams.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
It added that even if some viewers inferred innuendo, it did not contain explicit content or objectifying imagery.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
And by acting on his instincts—with Paramount’s backing—he created a clutch of movies still celebrated for their wit, charm, winking innuendo and sophistication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Threpe was an inveterate gossipmonger with a knack for tasteless innuendo, and I have always had a gift for a catchy tune.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Madariaga had concluded Columbus was a Jew, said Morison, “by fashioning a significant pattern of hypothesis and innuendoes unsupported by anything so vulgar as fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
His dismissed the prosecution’s case as nothing more than “theories, hypotheses, innuendoes, assumptions, gut feelings, hairs on the back of your neck.”
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
Livid with the way her son had been treated by the MPD, Donna became a gold-mine of tips, hints, innuendoes, rumours, gossip and occasional facts.
From BBC ● May 17, 2013
He is a physical wreck, though he puts on a surprisingly good and vigorous show as, without an audience, he staggers about a stage delivering songs, limericks, innuendoes and reminiscences.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2012
But Vaughan felt that to let him go thus, to spread the tale with a thousand additions and innuendoes, was worst of all.
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
An Alibaba Group spokesperson told AFP "the assertions and innuendos in the article are completely false".
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
Mr Cohen wrote to Hicks that the story was "lots of innuendos with little facts".
From BBC ● May 3, 2024
Russell Westbrook no doubt heard the innuendos when he was a triple-double machine.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
“To address these false accusations, defamatory statements and innuendos I have filed a lawsuit against both DEF CON Communications and Jeff Moss.”
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2022
Because I knew my feelings for him were vulnerable to being felled by my mother’s suspicions, passing remarks, and innuendos.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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