INNUENDO in a Sentence

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For INNUENDO, below is one of 9 sentences:
Lily was acutely aware of her own part in this drama of innuendo: she knew the exact quality of the amusement the situation evoked.

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 Meanings and Examples of INNUENDO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
innuendo
 n.  hint; indirect implication , usually malicious
Classic Sentence:
1  Lily was acutely aware of her own part in this drama of innuendo: she knew the exact quality of the amusement the situation evoked.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
2  Now the other side presented itself to Lily, the volcanic nether side of the surface over which conjecture and innuendo glide so lightly till the first fissure turns their whisper to a shriek.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
3  With his characteristic quickwittedness he caught the drift of each innuendo, divined whence it came, at whom and on what ground it was aimed, and that afforded him, as it always did, a certain satisfaction.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 3
4  He read another article, too, a financial one, which alluded to Bentham and Mill, and dropped some innuendoes reflecting on the ministry.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 3
Example Sentence:
1  There's always an element of sexual innuendo in our conversations.
2  The song is full of sexual innuendo.
3  Until he engages in innuendo about being supported by "hard-working, white Americans," then he has not said much that should upset fellow Democrats.
4  His writing is full of sexual innuendoes.
5  There have been too many unpleasant innuendoes in this debate and not enough facts.