How to Use insinuate in a Sentence

insinuate

verb
  • In the past some of the same politicians have insinuated that the court does the government’s bidding.
    Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • To insinuate that, to say something other than that, is a statement by a fool.
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Wolff seems to take a lot of pleasure in insinuating that Trump can't read.
    Alyssa Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The smell of burning insinuates itself into houses—there is no way to keep it out.
    Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 16 Jan. 2020
  • That’s not a knock on him, and that’s not to insinuate their unemployment is his fault.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2018
  • The phrase, in and of itself, insinuates that blackness is something to overcome.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 9 May 2018
  • Some frustrated players have insinuated that the lack of deals is the result of orchestration on the part of the clubs.
    Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2018
  • This would insinuate that Larray's dad is no longer in his life.
    Kori Williams, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The tabloid also insinuated that the virus might have come from a lab in Wuhan, China.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • My friend was insinuating that my life in big business would cast a shadow over my future prospects.
    Sally Susman, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2019
  • That's not to insinuate that Grant could work miracles on his own.
    Morten Jensen, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
  • As night follows day, so the past’s most disastrous ideas come back to seduce and insinuate.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Pace could return but has insinuated this could be his last season.
    Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In this case, the ellipsis could insinuate that the person may have other intentions.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Trump has insinuated without proof that there are criminals or even terrorists in the group.
    Maria Verza, The Seattle Times, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The people wondering how the fans could ever forgive them, insinuating that people wouldn't even come back once the team was good.
    Mitch Goldich, SI.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Avoid anything that insinuates the government/leaders or healthcare has botched the handling of this so far.
    Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2020
  • But that does not insinuate the virus should not be taken seriously.
    Shelby Denise Smith, Essence, 30 July 2022
  • In most instances, this insinuates dominance or a need for control.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2017
  • However, that's not to insinuate the starters can't handle their roles.
    Morten Jensen, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • What this insinuates is that, of course, diversity is a given.
    Amani Bin Shikhan, Teen Vogue, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Hermione urges him to call his mom, and Alice insinuates that the Serpents were involved in the robbery/shooting.
    Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 12 Oct. 2017
  • When the sheriff insinuates a South Side serpent did the deed, Jughead flips out.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Mooney's insinuating charms prove a tonic for the girl compared to her parents' criticism of her mopey shyness.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The eight months of travel that lay ahead, in stripping away the edifice of habit, into which all enduring lies insinuate themselves, would bring me to a truer self.
    New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • Cheryl clapped back at rumors insinuating her mother is to blame for her recent split from Liam Payne.
    Nicole Sands, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018
  • Having our pastor insinuate that Christian was possessed by the spirit of a dead person made my stomach turn.
    Cathy Byrd As Told To Maria Carter, Woman's Day, 4 Apr. 2017
  • To insinuate, as many have, that Jones can't multitask is absurd.
    Meredith Cummings, AL.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Moran insinuated that she should be arrested for reporting a fake crime.
    Ruth Padawer, New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • With that very real threat looming over our heads, some may ask — as has been insinuated in some recent articles and chatter — was the strike worth it?
    Mahyad Tousi, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023

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