insinuative

Example Sentences

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Still, there was a strong sense of unity to the work, and a prevailing mood of insinuative bombast.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015

Another charge made by Hochhuth is that through certain insinuative speeches, Churchill manipulated Hitler into initiating a few scattered bombing raids on British towns.

From Time Magazine Archive

And but for the sly insinuative charms and stylish expertise of Rex Harrison and Claudette Colbert, The Kingfisher would swiftly be recognized for the plucked Broadway turkey that it is.

From Time Magazine Archive

Palm fronds are silhouettes against an implacably blue sky, and in the distance one hears the eerie, insinuative call of the muezzin, summoning the faithful of Islam to prayer.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ah! that's another wonder which won't cease either, my dear," said the old woman, assuming an insinuative manner, "and a bigger wonder than the tother one."

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William