conspiratorial

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of conspiratorial The other, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, involved an individual that Keneally said was deep into conspiratorial content. Odette Yousef, NPR, 28 May 2025 At first blush, President Trump’s conspiratorial view of intelligence appears not so different from that held by many other Baby Boomers; witness his obsession with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025 Hayakawa calibrates her story to the volume of a whisper, as if in a conspiratorial conversation with her own memories. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025 The movie is calibrated to the volume of a whisper, as if Hayakawa is in a conspiratorial conversation with her own memories. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for conspiratorial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
  • After paying private equity tycoon Jack McGinley $52 million in a clandestine off-market deal for the Georgian-style spread, which was designed by architect Don Nulty and built in 2009 for 9-1-1: Lone Star actor Rob Lowe, Levine and Prinsloo have put the place back on the market for $65 million.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 July 2025
  • Built to listen for clandestine nuclear bomb blasts, the globe-spanning system detects low-frequency acoustic-gravity waves.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Now, after Operation Midnight Hammer, arguably one of the most perfect covert military operations in U.S. history, who could argue? Even Trump’s most ardent critics had to give him credit.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • The show has spent its entire fourth season tiptoeing around Sydney’s covert job offer, Carmy’s partnership alterations, and whatever was going on inside Richie’s GoFastBoatsMojito brain, but in one big, 30-odd-minute bottle episode, it’s all been laid on the table.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the evenings, Vincent embarks on a surreptitious love affair with Arthur, a soldier on leave — who's also the son of Vincent's governess.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • There’s nothing surreptitious about my administration.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tom Cruise may shoot furtive glances at co-stars, punch of co-stars in the face and/or betray co-stars for the good of mankind.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Mounting fear within the Jewish and Conservative communities of New York is that Mamdani’s furtive stance of justice for Palestine and divestment from Israel is stoking the flame of more virulent Anti-Semitism to come.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!