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Example Sentences
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It was madness, extraordinary, impossible, he thought; he had woken that morning, pulled on his jeans, and slung his crows’ string around his neck with no inkling that he was going to an enchanted island.
From Literature
Nine months ago, standing in the parking lot of Brother’s Keeper with Patience and Maria Martinez, a Kids Against Climate Change rally had just been an inkling of an idea.
From Literature
Using Claude Code was the first time many users interacted with this kind of AI, offering an inkling of what may be in store.
"I'm outgoing and very confident and I love being around people," Auer says, "but I get that inkling that they all think I'm stupid and ugly, and that my life is a continuum of mistakes."
From BBC
Those jobs gave him an inkling that computers would someday fit in our hands and pockets.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
