intimate
adjective
associated in close personal relations.
were intimating
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past progressiveof intimate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I figure they were intimating I was in my pocket most of the time.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 24, 2020
Can it really be only a fortnight or so ago that the Saudi Olympic Committee were intimating that they would not remain the only country who refuse to send women to the Games?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2012
Meanwhile, also, Braintrusters were intimating to the Press "off the record" that Mr. Peek had messed up the AAA.
From Time Magazine Archive
She knew that many were intimating to him that an heir was essential to the repose of France.
From Napoleon Bonaparte by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
You were intimating a few minutes ago," she added, speaking rapidly under the stress of the message she burned to deliver, "that I seemed changed.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
