Both Uses of
insinuate
in
The Graveyard Book
- He inspected the bathroom, the kitchen, the airing cupboard, and, finally, the downstairs hall, in which there was nothing to be seen but the family's bicycles, a pile of empty shopping bags, a fallen diaper, and the stray tendrils of fog that had insinuated themselves into the hall from the open door to the street.†
p. 10.3 *insinuated = implied (subtly suggested) something unpleasant
- It whispered into Bod's head, then, in a voice that was a sleek insinuating glide, THE SLEER WAS SET TO GUARD THE TREASURE UNTIL OUR MASTER RETURNED.†
p. 250.7insinuating = implying (subtly suggesting) something unpleasant
Definition:
to imply (subtly suggest) something unpleasant