Sentence examples for hints subtly from inspiring English sources

Rhodri also hints subtly at the sexual ambivalence of a man who blokishly boasts of his hetero conquests, yet who seems currently attached to a female impersonator and who is clearly driven by a wayward affection for the evangelising Ted.

"Morty, you do not hint subtly!" she exclaimed.

In both conditions participants did a priming task that either hinted subtly at the concept of impulsivity or that was neutral in content.

There were also tailored country coats and elegant evening dresses that hinted subtly at the dress codes of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

In The Rock, our villain is a rogue Marine Corps general, whose unit seizes a stockpile of chemical rockets, takes control of Alcatraz Island, and promises to wipe out the city of San Francisco if his demands are not met – and throughout Bay keeps on trying to convince us of the man's good personal qualities, hinting subtly at first but with increasing clamour that he was right to do all this.

Deborah Findlay as Hazel is the epitome of rural capability yet subtly hints at her unresolved rage, based on past experience, towards her unwanted visitor.

Yet she also subtly hints at Irmgard's maternal anguish by a slight vocal quaver on her first mention of the word Sonnenburg.

The giant genetic-code backlighting that she uses for a solo subtly hints that we are all in this together, both by chance and by design.

For a show with young viewers, this is an admirable attempt at capturing contemporary issues, and hardly a flippant one: one part of the episode subtly hints that our own obsession with this bogeyman might have created it, while our response to this fear is cyclically renewing it.

Longs for an ideal relationship, but subtly hints that you are not that ideal person.

The second best part is decoding midday conversations where one of us subtly hints at taking the day off.