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US
/ˌɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/
]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɪnjuːˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsˈɪnjuːˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
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give to understand
I insinuated that I did not like his wife -
introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table
How To Use insinuate In A Sentence
- Kahil was one of her men, yet he managed to insinuate himself into Fadawah's trust. SHARDS OF A BROKEN CROWN
- No one will dare contradict you or insinuate that you've taken your ideas from others!
- Cleveland, had often mentioned him, without in any respect diminishing the insignificancy with which fame insinuated he had conducted himself in those amorous encounters: she nevertheless had the greatest curiosity to see a man, whose entire person, she thought, must be a moving trophy, and monument of the favours and freedoms of the fair sex. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
- The cat insinuated herself into the kitchen.
- Man-Made is a lazy, hazy exercise in unadorned songcraft, packed with melodies that insinuate themselves with sweet simplicity.
- I've had patients insinuate something like that when we have to go through a few different blood pressure medications to find the right one for them.
- I don't want to insinuate which is better for Mongolia. Andrew Racz: The Mongolian Wakeup Call
- I'm sorry," she said, `I didn't mean to insinuate that...' `Are you ready? LET NOT THE DEEP
- Despite her artistic success and ability to insinuate herself into positions of power, however, Uma fails to maintain a stable alternative identity, even as Parvati.
- I do not see what they can do better, and unless some pickthank intervene to insinuate certain irritating suspicions, I suppose Lord M. will make no objection. The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford