insinuate
verb (used with object)
to suggest or hint slyly.
insinuates
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present tense formof insinuate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His press flak insinuates it’s because the senator’s name sounds like that of a nameless criminal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Thai Union, the filing insinuates, pressured the company into “burdensome supply obligations” that had little to do with the restaurants’ actual needs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
Her placement in an even higher position of authority than she was before shows how easily she insinuates her way into influential positions by committing evil acts masked as serving the greater good.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2023
Harding insinuates himself into Adil’s life to get closer to Ruhaba, who seems to recognize Harding’s attraction to her while keeping him at a collegial distance.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Of all the products in which this magical property insinuates itself, there is not one to which it contributes so much as the man of fashion.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
