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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They listen to Pepsi-branded transistor radios, fence with disc jockey Murray the K, who insinuates himself into their inner sanctum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
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
A small seating area has been colonized by Gillen’s prints and handmade artist books; a commanding aluminum triptych insinuates itself over the dining table.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
A morality play involving the clash of free-spirited bohemians and a religious conservative who insinuates himself among them, the work shed timely light on the relationship between brutal patriarchy and reproductive freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
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
