Read full poem →great rewards were offered in private, but that
he was not questioned, though it was hinted in
several books that he was the author. In 1682
Dictionary Entry
To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
In a Sentence
“She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. hintedhinted alreadyhinted evenhinted only
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Poetry examples for “hinted”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Such poetic excellence therefore will the reader find in the gentad parts
of our author's comedies, but, as before hinted, there is a poetic sti/e often
equally proper and excellent even an the lowest drollery of comedy. Thus
Read full poem →than Shakespeare, but less so than Jonson. Thus far Beaumont and Flet-
cher are one, but as hinted above, in this they differ; Beaumont studied
and followed Jonson's manner, per^oTi^'ze^/ the passions, SLud drew nature in
Read full poem →That among souls allied to mine was yet
One nearer kindred than life hinted of.
O born with me somewhere that men forget,
Read full poem →and when i timidly hinted “novocaine?”
the eyes outstart, curl, bloat, are newly baked
Read full poem →throttling of a consecrated bull, is a circumstance of too little
moment to be more than hinted at in Epidaphne.
Read full poem →And star-dials pointed to morn--
As the sun-dials hinted of morn--
At the end of our path a liquescent
Read full poem →Discuss fresh wonders of the old cabal.
But nothing of its work in type is hinted:
Taxes are high! The mentors of the town
Read full poem →Had sliced them cleanly; and the breeze
That hinted all and nothing spoke.
Read full poem →distinguished man of science who had become an M.P. and a raging
suffragist. Or indecorum would be hinted in the relations between
this enigmatic woman, so prone seemingly to don male costume, and