Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as henting.

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  • verb Present participle of hint.

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Examples

  • He called his book Born of the Desert—the title hinting at the great things he had hoped to bring forth from the arid California valley stretching west from the Colorado River nearly to the Pacific shore.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • He called his book Born of the Desert—the title hinting at the great things he had hoped to bring forth from the arid California valley stretching west from the Colorado River nearly to the Pacific shore.

    Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010

  • One wonders how much contextual hinting is required.

    Social Software 2010

  • Jimmy Carter is absolutely correct, in hinting that there she will not be on Barack's ticket.

    Carter: Obama-Clinton ticket unlikely 2008

  • He'll say he didn't, I'm sure, but it came down to a number of phone calls hinting all over the place that people in CD2, myself included, should pick up signature sheets from him and get signatures for him.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • His eyes were suspicious, his manner polite but cold, his expression hinting that he knew more about her than she knew herself.

    Shiver Jackson, Lisa 2006

  • The taller of the two was named Carrol Key, a name hinting that in his veins, however thinly diluted by generations of degeneration, ran blood of some potentiality.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 2003

  • Dalump shifted his gaze back and forth between Kalas and the upstart powrie, his expression hinting that he wanted to choke them both - wanted to choke anybody or anything - just to relieve the mounting frustration accompanying this wretched situation.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • Dalump shifted his gaze back and forth between Kalas and the upstart powrie, his expression hinting that he wanted to choke them both - wanted to choke anybody or anything - just to relieve the mounting frustration accompanying this wretched situation.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • Kelsey looked back at Gary and Mickey, his expression hinting at explosive anger.

    The Woods Out Back Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1993

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