How to Use conspiratorial in a Sentence

conspiratorial

adjective
  • She gave me a conspiratorial smile across the table.
  • His voice became low and conspiratorial.
  • Kai tapped the side of his head and gave me a conspiratorial smirk—this was some kind of secret weapon.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • Yet there are true conspiratorial forces at play in the story.
    — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • But the staff person waved them in with a little conspiratorial shhh.
    — Hazlitt, 13 June 2022
  • So there's like a silliness to them and kind of this dark secret conspiratorial aspect to them.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 21 June 2022
  • Which is to say that the conspiratorial air is distinctly racial.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 May 2021
  • That can be and sometimes is understood by people on the left in conspiratorial ways.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Even on the newsier side, the conspiratorial mindset took over.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 July 2022
  • Hurley—or Snook, as he is known among friends—sounds conspiratorial, warm, jovial, and gorgeous.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Which brings us to the most depraved and sordid aspect of this whole conspiratorial movement.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 18 Dec. 2020
  • When people speak of—dialog about—the media these days, the tone tends to turn conspiratorial.
    — Jason Kehe, Wired, 8 July 2020
  • Ings attacks every scene with a conspiratorial glint, the kind of presence who makes the camera feel lucky to have caught him.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • And even this basic fact caused some Fox fans to send conspiratorial messages to Baier.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
  • So, too, is the idea that an inordinate number of these conspiratorial events come true.
    — Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Does being on the show inspire a conspiratorial way of thinking?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 May 2025
  • Yes, conspiratorial malarkey will always thrive -- but silencing the latest flavor of it is just a game of whack-a-mole.
    — John McWhorter, CNN, 14 June 2017
  • The expression on his face was a mix of conspiratorial frown and sheepishness.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 1 June 2020
  • Rather, there is a stable subset of the population that is drawn to conspiratorial ideas.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 6 Oct. 2020
  • And that kind of thinking can fuel conspiratorial theories about why something did or did not happen.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The world will always have people with a conspiratorial mindset, like Alex Jones.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 19 May 2017
  • In Spain, Hinds receive a hero's welcome now but for years the country's mood towards them felt conspiratorial.
    — Eve Barlow, GQ, 25 June 2018
  • But the show is also in synch with conspiratorial fears about American justice, the sense that there’s no way to wear the badge without being stained.
    — Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Why has the rational side of the country — the side that could be relied on to serve as a check against the more fantastic, conspiratorial side — fallen behind?
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Are the people on the far left swinging far right because they’re attracted to conspiratorial thinking about Covid?
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The least conspiratorial theories will likely revolve around the new regime’s mandate to cut costs and focus on the most profitable dayparts.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 July 2025
  • As the network's ranks of reporters shrank and conspiratorial ranters grew, Wallace decided not to re-up his contract.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
  • In the past several years, Edge had filed a string of civil lawsuits with rambling, sometimes conspiratorial claims.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the spring of 2013, conspiratorial beliefs were taking hold across the country.
    — Amanda J. Crawford, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • There’s always been a conspiratorial smokiness in their singing, a crackle of long nights and bleary mornings penetrating their drawl.
    — Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

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