"intimated to him" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that information or a feeling was conveyed or communicated to someone. You can use it when describing a conversation or interaction between two people, or when writing about someone receiving a message or indication from another person. Example: During the meeting, the CEO intimated to him that there would be significant changes in the company's structure.
Later he said that the Princess intimated to him that he had "as good as" proposed to her; he thought this might have been true, but couldn't have imagined life with her: "She would have been an impossible wife".
He says he is humbled at the thought of Scots being inspired by the Glasgow Games in the same way that people have intimated to him about the effect of the Edinburgh Games in 1970 and 1986.
I spotted a German officer, some sort of lieutenant I should think, and being a bit of a collector, I intimated to him that I had taken a fancy to some of his buttons..
Easdale also revealed that Ashley has "not intimated" to him that he wants full control of the Ibrox club.
Clearly the nudes, particularly the early ones, were deeply personal endeavors, intimate to him, labors of love.
In this sense, it is important that the moderator and the people who will interact closer with the child are more intimate to him, such as his caregivers or therapists.
So I want it to be dinner, to have it be intimate — to make him fall in love".
Perhaps, God has an immediate or direct awareness of everything and that relation is sufficiently intimate to put him into epistemic rapport with everything.
One of the few writers with intimate access to him, Mr. Mehta composes a detailed and nuanced portrait.
Mr. Holdeman noted that Penn was known to be a very formal person who rarely openly displayed affection, so the inscriptions "show an intimate side to him that I don't think anyone has seen".
Jacqui Morris, who co-directed the film with her brother, David, has worked as Don's assistant for more than 20 years and was allowed intimate access to him and his archive.
