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
• 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
• Right now, there is a lot of rumor and innuendo out there.
  — Adam Zuvanich, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Jed's going through it right now with all the rumors and innuendos.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 July 2019
• 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
• Nur Jahan, the 20th wife of the Emperor Jahangir, has, in turn, met with her share of fishy Tacitean innuendo.
  — Maxwell Carter, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• 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
• How They Run recalls those bougie farces spiced with naughty innuendo that were a fixture on London stages in the 1980s.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022
• 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
• That’s how gossip has long worked: through pun, innuendo, and blind items, which speak the unspeakable.
  — The Editors, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Until then, the innuendo needs to stop and St. Frances’ competitors need to work harder.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 31 May 2018
• Even the clown, a peppy Amy Gordon, playing a mouthy pigeon, couldn’t fly free of innuendo.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
• And that’s why some of the innuendo from Apple was a little annoying, from our standpoint.
  — Russell Brandom, The Verge, 12 June 2019
• The amount of down home wisdom and folksy innuendo that Parton packs into the 1 minute and 17 second video is remarkable.
  — Charu Sinha, Vulture, 21 July 2021
• The United States, though, is no shrinking violet and has lobbed back its fair share of insults and innuendos.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 9 Apr. 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
• Strong claims need strong proof, not rumors and innuendo on Twitter.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2020
• Strong claims need strong proof, not rumors and innuendo on Twitter . . . .
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• James Comey, the director of the FBI, used his position to spread innuendo and influence the election.
  — Paul Krugman, seattletimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 9 May 2024