The phrase "hint is given" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when you are presenting an idea or fact to suggest a possible solution to a problem, such as, "A hint is given that the answer lies in the past."
The company won't comment, and little hint is given in its published glossy annual reports.
The bicarbonate hint is given by Mr Banfield and also by John Kirkland.
A hint is given, however, of widening Roman monetary interests by two issues of bronze token coinage.
From the foyer, no hint is given of the central courtyard a few steps beyond, where a golden shower tree and a star-shaped fountain are circled by iris and mirrored columns.
A positive hint is given by a kind of metaphorical use of the word "fitting": the mental content and its object must be fitted to each other.
No hint was given at any stage during that evening that the next morning the cardinal would be receiving the most prominent politician of his day into the Roman church.
Some nervous Britons feel that more than a hint was given by Mr. Strachey, whose exit as War Minister was confidently and not really dolefully predicted by many people after it was reported ( a slipup on the part of the wicked press, he later maintained) that he had described the Schuman Plan as a capitalist "plot".
The Australian captain, Michael Clarke, who believes Haddin will return to play a part later in the series, played dumb when asked about Watson's reported exclusion but a huge hint was given when his side trained on Tuesday afternoon, with Adam Voges occupying the all-rounder's usual first slip position.
No hint was given of the length and depth of our struggle.
General hints are given for the design of intermediate languages.
Although recent studies discuss coefficients of friction of skin against various materials, no hints are given on how humans perceive these moments of touch.
