insinuate

Example Sentences

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“I don’t want to insinuate that we’ve lost our values. The Big Ten has had to adjust to the overall shift in college athletics and the marketplace around it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024

Bud lives with his mom and subsequently keeps his “day job” as a limo driver but is driven to insinuate himself into some other writing gig.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

A scintilla of doubt had begun to insinuate itself.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady