Melancholia," hinted Peter, who was nothing if not medicinal.
Indeed it is hinted that there is no desire that the difficulties should be diminished.
He felt a curiosity to know if his talents equalled his aspirations: he hinted to Cesarini his wish to see his compositions--it was just what the young man desired.
He did not like the idea that I should marry Lady Florence--and when I thought that vision might have been realised, hinted that I was disappointing some expectations he had formed; I can't make out what he means.
Lumley hinted darkly; but would not speak out: be more frank.
Sir Harry hinted that a column, if possible, should be structural as well as decorative.
Already at Rome he had hinted to her that they might be suitable for each other.
He hinted this to her, and she accepted the hint eagerly.
The two civilizations had clashed--Cecil hinted that they might--and she was dazzled and bewildered, as though the radiance that lies behind all civilization had blinded her eyes.
He had suggested the formation of a company of militia, to be called the "Governor's Guards," and had also hinted that they should rival the royal guards of England in appearance and attire.
He hinted that perhaps the French Canadians would help the Yorkers and participate in the driving out of the British from North America.
I partly hinted to Lord Glenvarloch already," said Heriot, "that the redemption money might be advanced upon such a warrant as the present, and I will engage my credit that it can.
The chief danger is very plainlyhinted at in the comedy of The Provoked Husband.
He hinted at commutations--which were not to be refused.
Mrs Crewe often met the supposed debtor afterwards, and, surprised that he never noticed the circumstance, at length delicately hinted the matter to him.
To show how much she was in earnest, Mrs. Dodd hinted that, were her admonition neglected, she should regret for once having kept clear of an enthusiast.
I suppose he had never before realized how many people a hospital reaches; and he hinted that perhaps after all he might do a little to help the Board build its addition.
Nobody had hinted a word that she was going to be here.
He said I had better think it over, and he hinted something about having my father in his power.
Raymond Case was pictured as a loyal, but misguided young man, and it was hinted that his relatives were much chagrined to see him remaining at the accused girl's side, in view of the evidence which had been brought to light.
As I reclined at length upon its cushion-covered bottom, I could see that the country through which we passed was an immense plain, and a clump of bamboos or an occasional palm alone hinted at an Oriental and a tropical landscape.
Also Mrs. Beecot had made many inquiries about Sylvia's goodness and beauty, and hoped that he had chosen wisely, and hinted that no girl living was worthy of her son, after the fashion of mothers.
Had hehinted at a sailor I would have known who my nautical visitor was.
Mr. Beecot thanked Heaven that Paul was not such a fool as he had been of yore, and hinted that this sudden access of sense which had led him to engage himself to a wealthy girl had come from his father and not from his mother.
Simeon had not cordially indorsed the movement into town, though, of course, knowing it was none of his business, he had never so much as hinted opposition.
It was even hinted that the "case" was the revengeful and preposterous outcome of the refusal of Hotchkiss to pay Starbottle an extravagant fee for his late services to the Ditch Company.
It has already been hinted that works very similar in form to the Apocalypse are to be found in the Old Testament.
The old covenant was made, through the mediatorship of Moses, with the Hebrew nation; the new covenant, hinted at in prophecy, Jer.
It was hinted that his passion for a well-known actress was the cause of the rash deed.
The chief of the French police hinted broadly, that beyond doubt he had deceived the English gentleman; and Beauchamp himself began to suspect that the young culprit had repented of his promise.
On the way, that Richard might have an exalted opinion of him, Ripton hinted decorously at a somewhat intimate and mysterious acquaintance with the sex.
There was not a look, not a word that hinted at a private understanding between them, or which seemed to convey deeper meanings than the common language of society.
It was hinted that Miss Thayer might know where the missing promise book was.
He had hinted that there were interesting things developing in Chelton just then.
She declared the watering place was a perfect fairyland, but some of her companions hintedthat it was the style of the gowns that attracted her.
Isabella had once slightly hintedfrom which of her attendants Stanley might hear of Marie, and giving them permission to answer his queries.
Her marriage, as we hinted in our fourth chapter, had been solemnized in public, with all the form and ceremony of the Catholic Church, and with a splendor incumbent on the high rank and immense wealth of the bridegroom.
Chance, I have hinted at the beginning of this chapter, brought Rupert and myself together at singular times and places, and made me an actor in his history whether I would or not.
Some mean and unreasonable share-holders were already growling about a return of some portion of the deposits, and even, to the infinite disgust of the directors, hinted at a taxation of accounts.
Besides all this, we shall find here something which has not as yet been hinted at in our long quest.
Finally, there dawns over the edge of the ominous dark, the same hope that Prometheus vaguely hinted to the Greek.
Others hinted that the salt by its antiseptic qualities preserved her body as a mummy.
Believers insisted that Satan had been removed by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin; unbelievers hinted that the main cause of the deliverance was the reluctance of the possessed to be shut up in asylums.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hinted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
