insinuation

Example Sentences

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“Any insinuation from any party opining that filing decisions are made—or, in this case, not made—in an effort to influence crime data is unaware, uneducated, or uninformed about how our office operates,” Chapman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

"We will be vigorously contesting the allegations brought against him, specifically any insinuation of his operating on behalf of a foreign adversary," they said.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

She said the insinuation that the pair were not homeless, the central premise of the book, was "utterly unfounded".

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

It was an outrageous lie by insinuation, but why he lied is not mysterious.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024

There was a note of insinuation in his voice, and I looked up from tying my shoe, breathing with conscious evenness.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison