insinuate
verb (used with object)
to suggest or hint slyly.
insinuated
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past participleof insinuate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof insinuate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
insinuateverb (used with object)to suggest or hint slyly.
Example Sentences
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Quite the contrary, Pratt has insinuated on social media that they’re onto something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Herta Müller’s account of growing up in Ceaușescu’s Romania documents how the state insinuated oppression into every corner of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
In an interview with an Argentine daily, Venezi, 36, insinuated that jobs in the opera orchestra were "practically passed down from father to son", angering musicians.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
"Constantly assuming new faces, it has insinuated itself into the heart of our societies, into every crack, too often accompanied by that same pact of cowardice: to keep silent, to refuse to see."
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
They had insinuated themselves into the colored community there, Sam said, but a slave catcher nosed around and it was time to flee.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
