- present participle of insinuate.
insinuating
Example Sentences
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The Webb score is subtle and insinuating, but it could also be explosive, as in the devastating discovery cue dramatizing the heroine’s realization that she is being poisoned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mahnoor says he also cropped images of her with a group of friends, to make it appear that she was standing with a single man, insinuating that they were having an affair.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
He responded with, “There goes the house,” insinuating that he’s going to lose it.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
In fact the White House defended it, insinuating the journalist deserved it for being “unprofessional.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
While she must have been tuckered out from pretending to be Mrs. Barley and insinuating herself into the highest levels of Southern society, she didn’t show it.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
