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

Another charge made by Hochhuth is that through certain insinuative speeches, Churchill manipulated Hitler into initiating a few scattered bombing raids on British towns.

From Time Magazine Archive

With insinuative grace, Judith Jamison uncoils in the title number to lament the bittersweet tempo of the heart at dawn.

From Time Magazine Archive

And but for the sly insinuative charms and stylish expertise of Rex Harrison and Claudette Colbert, The Kingfisher would swiftly be recognized for the plucked Broadway turkey that it is.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is always at your elbow—a mercenary Mephistopheles—suggesting drives or sails, and recommending certain yachts, boats, and carriages with insinuative irresistibleness.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel