insinuation
noun
in·sin·u·a·tion
(ˌ)in-ˌsin-yə-ˈwā-shən 
-yü-ˈā-
1
: something that is insinuated
especially
: a sly, subtle, and usually derogatory utterance
2
: the act or process of insinuating
Examples of insinuation in a Sentence
I resent her insinuation that I can't do it without her help.
He criticizes his opponents by insinuation rather than directly.
Recent Examples on the Web
That whole wiretapping incident replete with everybody holding press conferences and trading insinuations was an exercise in pettiness at the taxpayer’s expense.
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Aegis Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
However, collective improvisation only survives as long as real love is present, which allows for this space of ritualized sharing and bonding over insinuations and whispers to evolve into a grammar and linguistic encoding that cannot be breached by anything less than love.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
During the March hearing, lawyers accused the federal government of stringing the tribes along with insinuations that more work would be done to survey the valley.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
The message pressed every button on England’s paranoid fringes: an insinuation of support for Hamas, an apparent denigration of British history and memory by a Muslim left-winger, and a sense of backroom deals being done.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
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Aegis Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
However, collective improvisation only survives as long as real love is present, which allows for this space of ritualized sharing and bonding over insinuations and whispers to evolve into a grammar and linguistic encoding that cannot be breached by anything less than love.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
During the March hearing, lawyers accused the federal government of stringing the tribes along with insinuations that more work would be done to survey the valley.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
The message pressed every button on England’s paranoid fringes: an insinuation of support for Hamas, an apparent denigration of British history and memory by a Muslim left-winger, and a sense of backroom deals being done.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Insinuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insinuation. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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