Explore Hinted through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hinted meaning
simple past and past participle of hint
Using Hinted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of hint
- In the example corpus, hinted often appears in combinations such as: hinted at, hinted that, has hinted.
Context around Hinted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hinted
- In this selection, "hinted" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ford, syria and view stand out and add context to how "hinted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and as hinted at earlier and and ford hinted the cast. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hinted" sits close to words such as attracting, attributes and averaged, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hinted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And it's hinted that Henry plays her that tape every morning. (12 words)
Another was hinted at in 2015 but was again grounded over technical issues. (13 words)
At the time, he hinted that it might be his final live performance. (13 words)
Bode’s confession at the end of season 1, causing him to simultaneously lose Three Rock and his family’s belief in him, hinted at season 2 having to initially focus on Bode’s fight against Sleeper and work to regain his loved ones’ backing. (45 words)
Animal studies years ago hinted at atropine’s ability to slow the growth of the eye, but the full-strength drug’s interference with near vision and concerns about pupil dilation hindered early considerations of its potential as a human therapy for myopia. (43 words)
A more considered view, hinted at by Villa’s head coach after the game and which may gain more credence in time, is such brutal experiences are a necessary evil of building a team for success in the long-term. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
All of the awkwardness and hilarity will be captured by hidden cameras, and Ford hinted the cast put their all into it.
Although several sources along the way have hinted that the hotel was intended to feature a casino operating in the venue, the notion was always denied by official authorities, who said that they had never received such a request.
Amna al-Kaid, a humanitarian worker in northwest Syria, hinted that the UN’s most recent resolution will simply sway in Assad’s favour, telling Express.
A more considered view, hinted at by Villa’s head coach after the game and which may gain more credence in time, is such brutal experiences are a necessary evil of building a team for success in the long-term.
And as hinted at earlier, our region would like to emphasise a big push on wellbeing and the EU – which I think is coming, so let’s make it stick.
And in September, McCarthy hinted at a 2024 endorsement of Trump by describing him as a better candidate than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican nomination.
And it's hinted that Henry plays her that tape every morning.
And Miley’s already hinted there will be more to come, teasing for weeks that new music would be dropping in 2023.
And the second one is we kind of hinted on is every company in some way is or will become a space company.
Animal studies years ago hinted at atropine’s ability to slow the growth of the eye, but the full-strength drug’s interference with near vision and concerns about pupil dilation hindered early considerations of its potential as a human therapy for myopia.
Another was hinted at in 2015 but was again grounded over technical issues.
As ITV have previously hinted that they are eager to replicate the success of the previous season, which featured former health secretary Matt Hancock and retired rugby star Mike Tindall.
At the end of the episode, Kate hinted that she could be looking to hire more of the Doctor's former companions.
At the time, he hinted that it might be his final live performance.
BBC EastEnders' Heather Peace has hinted that she's been killed off and the actress posted an emotional post after last night's shock scenes.
Before coming on stage, Clarkson hinted at who she was about to bring out, calling the person her hero and someone who inspired her career.
Billups hinted that he considered taking Lillard out of the game due to fatigue, but he ultimately decided to let him keep playing after he reassured the coach he could keep going.
Bode’s confession at the end of season 1, causing him to simultaneously lose Three Rock and his family’s belief in him, hinted at season 2 having to initially focus on Bode’s fight against Sleeper and work to regain his loved ones’ backing.
But Chelsea wobbled with the finish line in sight — Adebayo having a goal ruled out for offside hinted at a Luton revival.
But he strongly hinted the steps could include a suspension of 2018 inter-Korean military agreements requiring both Koreas to halt aerial surveillance activities and live-firing drills along their tense border.
Common combinations with hinted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hinted at 79×
- hinted that 76×
- has hinted 27×
- also hinted 12×
- he hinted 11×
- hinted he 10×
- and hinted 9×
- was hinted 7×
- have hinted 6×
- already hinted 6×