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Example Sentences

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We had no inkling at the time what the public response would be - but it was soon clear that something astonishing was happening.

From BBC

“You follow inklings that you don’t know where they’re coming from.”

From New York Times

Those without family or friends to go to often have little more than an inkling of where to head first.

From Washington Post

The team got its first inkling of something special in June 2018, when researchers caught a juvenile great hammerhead — an interesting anomaly.

From Washington Post

But for the first time in a year, there’s an inkling that the company’s pace of growth may be slowing — ever so slightly.

From Seattle Times