insinuate
Example Sentences
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He also insinuated that his son was less than a man, a trauma that might explain Shepard’s stoic cowboy persona as well as his fear that his father was right.
Even the job title insinuates that we are not people, but literal background—like a painting or flowerpot that is placed on a table to make the walls look less bare.
From Los Angeles Times
But Tennessee's new law insinuates that drag performances might be part of a category of speech exempt from the First Amendment protection: legally defined obscenity.
From Salon
He also insinuated that America was undermining efforts for peace in Ukraine in order to extend the conflict for its own benefit.
From Seattle Times
His compositions, sleek and insinuating, can convey elegant ambiguities of mood.
From New York Times
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