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Example Sentences
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“Seeing as you just told me to pull it from your pocket, I had an inkling,” he says flatly.
From Literature
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Clinton said that he would have cut off ties to Epstein and never would have flown on his plane if he "had any inkling of what he was doing".
From BBC
In his 2024 memoir, Clinton wrote that he "had always thought Epstein was odd but had no inkling of the crimes he was committing".
From BBC
Bill Clinton has said he “had no inkling of the crimes” Epstein was committing and learned of them only through media reports.
From Los Angeles Times
Although she wasn’t good with expressions and feelings, she had an inkling of a suspicion of a feeling that there was something more to Duane’s request.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.