How to Use insinuate in a Sentence

insinuate

verb

• The show insinuates that the lightning bolt and lightbulb on the clue wall are his clues.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 11 July 2024
• 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
• 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
• But Slimane emotes all over the stage, and his insinuating vocals slide you right past the ick of it all.
  — Glen Weldon, NPR, 9 May 2024
• Wolff seems to take a lot of pleasure in insinuating that Trump can't read.
  — Alyssa Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The two don’t kiss or even embrace each other, but the show insinuates romance may be in store for them.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
• Yet don't dare insinuate that this is nothing more than the same 41-41 plot as last season.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• 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 glistening melody, the insinuating bass line that adheres to the soaring chorus, the flecks of soul in the DNA of the song all mesh to form a bop that feels like love.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
• This would insinuate that Larray's dad is no longer in his life.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
• To insinuate that, to say something other than that, is a statement by a fool.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2020
• When the sheriff insinuates a South Side serpent did the deed, Jughead flips out.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
• The phrase, in and of itself, insinuates that blackness is something to overcome.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 9 May 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
• That's not to insinuate that Grant could work miracles on his own.
  — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
• 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
• None of this, mind you, is meant to insinuate that bars with rowdy atmospheres don’t have their place; the Varnish just isn’t that kind of saloon.
  — Eric Alperin and Deborah Stoll, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• Jimmy attempted to insinuate the need to bring his twin brother, Jey Uso, back into the fold.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
• In the post’s caption, Spear insinuates that her mother, Lynne Spears, either had something to do with paramedics arriving to the scene or with the story being leaked to the press.
  — Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 3 May 2024
• The destructive part is the way the plan seeks to insinuate government cash and the rules that go with it into all of the major decisions of family life.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
• The Sun insinuated that child refugees arriving in Britain were lying about their ages and should have dental X-rays.
  — Katrin Bennhold, The Seattle Times, 6 May 2017
• 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
• Without clear evidence, Chuck decides to do the next best thing: try to insinuate what Prince has done and hope that the tides of public perception turn against him.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2022
• My mother and sister cannot stop insinuating that my wife may have cheated on me.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• This isn’t to say that critics or audiences who don’t like these movies are wrong, or to insinuate the existence of some critics vs. fans nonsense.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
• Participating in the day’s drills but avoiding contact insinuates Achane, who turned 23 Sunday, is in advanced stages of protocol but still not in the fifth and final phase.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024