is intimating
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present progressiveof intimate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
intimateadjectiveassociated in close personal relations.
Example Sentences
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"That is intimating, rather obliquely, to be sure, that you may alter your mind."
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by N. (Nathaniel) Ames
Heinecken, however, had merely quoted six German lines, the penultimate of which is intimating only that the work had been concluded on St. Valentine's day.
From Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by George Bell
"Oh, every one is intimating that," declared Jack in some contempt.
From The Motor Girls by Margaret Penrose