insinuate
verb (used with object)
to suggest or hint slyly.
has been insinuating
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present perfect progressiveof insinuate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“Your story is all very well, as far as it goes; but Rulledge here has been insinuating that it was Miss Hazelwood who made the offer, and he wants you to bear him out.”
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells
"Your story is all very well, as far as it goes; but Rulledge here has been insinuating that it was Miss Hazelwood who made the offer, and he wants you to bear him out."
From Quaint Courtships by William Dean Howells
I am very glad, for he is nearly nine months old and Mary Vance has been insinuating that he is awfully backward about cutting his teeth.
From Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
"What foolish person has been insinuating such contemptible superstition into your silly head?" he asked.
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
