How to Use innuendo in a Sentence

innuendo

noun

• The movie relies on sexual innuendo for its humor.
• His reputation has been damaged by innuendos about his drinking and gambling.
• His reputation has been damaged by innuendo.
• Don’t say enough, and let rumor and innuendo rule the day.
  — Tom Hudson, miamiherald, 16 Mar. 2018
• This isn’t a time for innuendo or to allow room to be read between the lines.
  — Jonathan Lemire, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2017
• Right now, there is a lot of rumor and innuendo out there.
  — Adam Zuvanich, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2018
• But those of us who love athletics are tired of the cloud of doubt and innuendo that has hung over our records for too long.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Aug. 2017
• Jed's going through it right now with all the rumors and innuendos.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 July 2019
• The tone is right, the innuendo is pitch-perfect, and the observation at the heart of the sketch is painfully apt.
  — Matthew Love, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2021
• There was a price to pay for any teen who played the song, though not because of its not-that-subtle innuendo.
  — Ariela Kozin, Billboard, 26 May 2017
• There’s flirting, innuendo and a few kisses on the lips.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Amid a toxic mix of misery, fear and racist innuendo, too many people have been ready to lash out.
  — Helen Zia, Time, 23 July 2021
• The off-the-field stuff has become much more front and center because of the internet and all the rumor and innuendo that flies around.
  — John Altavilla, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Guests at this weekend's shows can expect lots of teasing and innuendo — and, yep, lots of skin as the evening wears on.
  — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2020
• The show's handlers let innuendo and suggestive jokes do the dirty work, instead, and the restraint does the show a lot of favors.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2018
• And on and on it goes, the innuendo, the inference, the nuance, crystal balls, tarot cards, tea leaves.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• The frantic churning of hearsay and innuendo about bad guys who, being bad guys, must have been doing bad things.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Jan. 2018
• But those searching for innuendo might have heard a splash of kerosene on the flames of the Bears-Packers rivalry.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
• This suit is based on rumors and innuendo fueled by social media posts.
  — Christopher Harress | [e-mail], al.com, 3 July 2019
• That’s how gossip has long worked: through pun, innuendo, and blind items, which speak the unspeakable.
  — The Editors, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2017
• And yet, all the naming innuendos are comically thirsty right now.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2018
• The history of the margarita is nebulous, a hazy mix of rumor and innuendo.
  — Kevin Gray, Dallas News, 23 July 2021
• Strong claims need strong proof, not rumors and innuendo on Twitter.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2020
• The world of Pee-wee is full of this loopy surrealism that could veer into innuendo but never got dark.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• And that’s why some of the innuendo from Apple was a little annoying, from our standpoint.
  — Russell Brandom, The Verge, 12 June 2019
• Jill Vogel pulled out her angry air guitar and played a greatest hits of racial and gender innuendo.
  — Jason Johnson, The Root, 9 Oct. 2017
• In the end that chatter turned out to be whispers and innuendo, signifying nothing.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Not even a mayor known for integrity could escape the innuendo of corruption.
  — Harold Jackson, Philly.com, 19 June 2017
• With Florida home to many within the pro wrestling industry, who knows who might stop by to clear up any rumor and innuendo.
  — Scott Fishman, miamiherald, 14 Feb. 2018
• Bonus points are available to anyone who can pull this off exclusively through the use of oblique innuendo, without naming names.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 11 Nov. 2018

Last Updated: 2 May 2024