insinuate

Example Sentences

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The Degas’ whereabouts remained a mystery, but the case suggests that Doyle was learning how to insinuate himself in the blue-chip center of the art world, not merely on its fringes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The real purpose is to insinuate that this person doesn't deserve the basic presumption of privacy.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024

The term had long been used in Haitian street slang to insinuate male dominance and power.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

The messages on her album and their visual analogs are accomplices in this subtle cultural tyranny but they also at least insinuate a desire to be subversive, to break the curse of complicity.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

“That’s ridiculous to even insinuate I’d believe in coincidences. What is a coincidence?”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova