insinuate
verb (used with object)
to suggest or hint slyly.
am insinuating
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present progressiveof insinuate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I do not, for the world, wish it to be supposed that I am insinuating that my dear old Jaffery had no morals.
From Jaffery by William John Locke
I suppose I am insinuating that appearances are deceptive; that she may be unhappy with her husband, and desire to leave him.
From David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales by Julian Hawthorne
"I am insinuating nothing," he said, with a calm smile.
From His Hour by Elinor Glyn
