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
  • This would insinuate that Larray's dad is no longer in his life.
    — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Hegseth insinuated that the school might have been used to launch missiles.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To insinuate that, to say something other than that, is a statement by a fool.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 3 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • That's not to insinuate that Grant could work miracles on his own.
    — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2022
  • McAfee read from his phone, insinuating the text was from Kelce.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • My mother and sister cannot stop insinuating that my wife may have cheated on me.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • But here, the spinoff seems to insinuate that his condition is the result of his being thrown from a horse.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Democrats spent a lot of time insinuating that Hegseth doesn’t want women to serve in combat.
    — Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • This is because the girls are both insinuated to be June’s daughters.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The phrase, in and of itself, insinuates that blackness is something to overcome.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 9 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rumors have swirled, insinuating that the Red Sox could be open for business.
    — Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • That detail alone, the detective insinuates to the professor, is enough to mark her as the prime suspect.
    — Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Sabalenka seemed to insinuate that the win from Gauff was more about her making mistakes than anything.
    — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
  • 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 Mavs have already insinuated the pick is not available in a trade, and all signs point to them taking the Duke star.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
  • 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
  • When the sheriff insinuates a South Side serpent did the deed, Jughead flips out.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 Oct. 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
  • In response, Trump gives a weird answer insinuating the five, who are known to be innocent, are somehow not.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • That’s not to insinuate that Williams compares with either future Hall of Famer.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025

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