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How do you use Hinky in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Hinky in a sentence

Hinky meaning

  1. Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
  2. Suspicious (of something).
  3. Dishonest; sketchy; shady

Using Hinky

  • The main meaning on this page is: Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked. | Suspicious (of something). | Dishonest; sketchy; shady
  • In the example corpus, hinky often appears in combinations such as: very hinky, hinky and.

Context around Hinky

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

michael 1×

Often after:

dink 1×

Sentence patterns with Hinky

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

all very hinky and i 1× and michael hinky dink kenna 1× is even hinky about a 1× s very hinky and all 1× something is hinky 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and it becomes 1× the everleigh club 1×

Common sentence endings:

first ward aldermen 1× seems with that 1× something is hinky 1× tenant to leave 1× these major cases 1×

Words around Hinky

Just before it in the word index:

hinkson 5 hinksey 2 hinks 4 hinkley 39 hinkles 2 hinkle 42

Just after it in the word index:

hinman 15 hinn 3 hinnant 4 hinnebusch 4 hinneh 2 hinnells 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Hinky

  • In this selection, "hinky" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, michael and dink stand out and add context to how "hinky" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all very hinky and i and and michael hinky dink kenna. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hinky" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hinky

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And it becomes pretty easy to tell when something is hinky. (11 words)

The state is even hinky about a landlord asking a tenant to leave. (13 words)

That's very hinky, and all is not as it seems with that. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The Everleigh Club was afforded protection from two corrupt alderman named "Bathhouse" John Coughlin and Michael "Hinky-Dink" Kenna in the Levee District in return for yearly donations of $20,000 to the First Ward Aldermen. (36 words)

It was all very hinky, and I feel like that’s going to be way worse in the next month as they’re trying to push out all these major cases. (31 words)

The state is even hinky about a landlord asking a tenant to leave. (13 words)

Example sentences (5)

It was all very hinky, and I feel like that’s going to be way worse in the next month as they’re trying to push out all these major cases.

The state is even hinky about a landlord asking a tenant to leave.

And it becomes pretty easy to tell when something is hinky.

That's very hinky, and all is not as it seems with that.

The Everleigh Club was afforded protection from two corrupt alderman named "Bathhouse" John Coughlin and Michael "Hinky-Dink" Kenna in the Levee District in return for yearly donations of $20,000 to the First Ward Aldermen.

Common combinations with hinky

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hinky" in a sentence?
An example: "It was all very hinky, and I feel like that’s going to be way worse in the next month as they’re trying to push out all these major cases." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "hinky" from authentic English texts.
What does "hinky" mean?
Hinky means: Acting suspiciously; strange, unusual; acting in a manner as if having something to hide, or seemingly crooked.
How many example sentences with "hinky" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "hinky", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.