insinuate
verb (used with object)
to suggest or hint slyly.
have insinuated
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present perfectof insinuate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Online creators have insinuated themselves into the D.C. press corps, sitting for briefings with Karoline Leavitt and securing Pentagon credentials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Although Mayhew didn’t rule out trading up, the Commanders have insinuated that they see more value in trading back, if they trade out of their first-round spot at all.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
“They have insinuated infamy on the integrity of my priestly life, having financed witnesses in a trial against a confrere, even being the owner of oil wells or tax havens.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Has Phil Mickelson ever been labeled of losing his identity as some have insinuated on Tiger?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2018
I passed a very pleasant childhood, though it was a childhood devoted, as you have insinuated, to serious rather than to flippant pursuits.
From Coffee and Repartee by John Kendrick Bangs
