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insinuative



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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

From the beginning, he is morally wary of Cassius' insinuative efforts to draw him into a conspiracy against Caesar.

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

And he is indeed a mighty delectable fellow! wise too, and full of the most insinuative counsel.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson




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