Example Sentences

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It was what an increasing number of people were implying publicly and many had said privately for some time, and the new prime minister was a character witness.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

They were implying narratives, much as Richard Avedon had done earlier, but the new back stories were far more transgressive.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

As she began to grasp what the investigators were implying, she twice asked to take a lie-detector test.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022

I thought you were implying earlier that there were also some things that Islam offers that other religions don’t offer that are valuable in this sort of search for meaning.

From Slate • Aug. 16, 2016

You were implying just now that, failing a brick wall to knock our heads against, we started in search of one.

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram