insinuative
Example Sentences
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Still, there was a strong sense of unity to the work, and a prevailing mood of insinuative bombast.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2015
From the beginning, he is morally wary of Cassius' insinuative efforts to draw him into a conspiracy against Caesar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Palm fronds are silhouettes against an implacably blue sky, and in the distance one hears the eerie, insinuative call of the muezzin, summoning the faithful of Islam to prayer.
From Time Magazine Archive
He strikes just two vocal chords: one, the brawling ranter, the other the insinuative little-boy whiner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joan had little appetite—the day had been too over-poweringly hot—but she was very thirsty; and Fowey provided a brand of champagne less sweet and heady than she would have chosen, and consequently more insinuative.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
