insinuates
- present tense form of insinuate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Cady, claiming no hard feelings, insinuates himself into their world, apparently friendly, apparently helpful, so that it’s not always clear what’s sincere and what’s strategy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
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
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
Applying it to someone like Scaramucci insinuates a level of virulence, as if he's a flare-up of some disease that can never be fully eradicated.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023
If he speaks of religious minds, he perpetrates a truism; if of irreligious, he insinuates a paradox.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
