Inkling
noun
A small hint or clue.
I had an inkling that he was not telling the truth
Often appears as...
- have an inkling
- give an inkling
noun
A small hint or clue.
I had an inkling that he was not telling the truth
Often appears as...
- have an inkling
- give an inkling
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Pro Tip 1/3Intuition Involved
Inkling often implies a subtle gut feeling rather than concrete evidence.
I have an inkling that this interview will go well.
Pro Tip 2/3Very Slight Feeling
Use 'inkling' to describe a very faint or indirect sense of something.
She had only the slightest inkling of what was to come.
Pro Tip 3/3Beginners' Insight
'Inkling' can express a beginner's initial understanding or a sense of a complex topic.
He's starting to get an inkling of how the stock market works.
Pro Tip 1/3Intuition Involved
Inkling often implies a subtle gut feeling rather than concrete evidence.
I have an inkling that this interview will go well.
Pro Tip 2/3Very Slight Feeling
Use 'inkling' to describe a very faint or indirect sense of something.
She had only the slightest inkling of what was to come.
Pro Tip 3/3Beginners' Insight
'Inkling' can express a beginner's initial understanding or a sense of a complex topic.
He's starting to get an inkling of how the stock market works.
Pro Tip 1/3Intuition Involved
Inkling often implies a subtle gut feeling rather than concrete evidence.
I have an inkling that this interview will go well.
Pro Tip 2/3Very Slight Feeling
Use 'inkling' to describe a very faint or indirect sense of something.
She had only the slightest inkling of what was to come.
Pro Tip 3/3Beginners' Insight
'Inkling' can express a beginner's initial understanding or a sense of a complex topic.
He's starting to get an inkling of how the stock market works.
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Watch the Total Solar...
most dangerous because you won't have that natural inkling to squint and you should never look at the Sun this is way too bright it will damage your eyes so even if it's ninety percent covered exactly even if it's mostly covered if or something covered you cannot look at it without eye protection you want these iso certified glasses there are also
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
direction and those states are having now less deaths less hospitalizations less cases but when you look at other parts of the country this is the thing that's disturbing to me is that we're starting to see the inkling of the upticks in the percent of the tests that are
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Ray Anderson: The...
A wise friend introduced us two. And through his sobering point of view I saw a day that you would see, a day for you but not for me. Knowing you has changed my thinking. For I never had an inkling that perhaps the things I do might someday,
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How we explore...
when I found myself smack in the middle of the physics world being flipped on its head. It all started when we at CERN saw something intriguing in our a hint of a new particle, an inkling of a possibly extraordinary answer to this question.
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The business logic of...
but not for me knowing you has changed my thinking for I never had an inkling that perhaps the things I do might someday somehow threaten you tomorrow's child my daughter son I'm afraid I've just begun to think of you and off you
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Gail Reed: Where to...
to help them become better at what they do, not to replace them, to work with shamans and traditional healers. ELAM's Are they proving this audacious experiment right? Dozens of projects give us an inkling
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What a Sea Snail Die-off...
an inkling of what is to come. - It's quite sad that these people that have done this for generations have to stop. - It's interesting, recently I was talking to some people and somebody made the comment,
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Great White Shark...
and photographed some of the diverse marine life in the area. It was a nice dive, we had a good time. But they had no inkling of what was about to happen next. My wife and I finished our dive
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Magic Without Lies PIPE...
But have no hint, not an inkling, about up/down, except for one tiny group-- the mathematicians who imagined something more. The mathematicians dream of a world in three dimensions,
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Animation basics: The...
and you start to get an inkling of a sense of motion between the disparate frames. One frame per second. Two frames per second. Four frames per second.
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Watch the Total Solar...
most dangerous because you won't have that natural inkling to squint and you should never look at the Sun this is way too bright it will damage your eyes so even if it's ninety percent covered exactly even if it's mostly covered if or something covered you cannot look at it without eye protection you want these iso certified glasses there are also
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
direction and those states are having now less deaths less hospitalizations less cases but when you look at other parts of the country this is the thing that's disturbing to me is that we're starting to see the inkling of the upticks in the percent of the tests that are
Video examples
Ray Anderson: The...
A wise friend introduced us two. And through his sobering point of view I saw a day that you would see, a day for you but not for me. Knowing you has changed my thinking. For I never had an inkling that perhaps the things I do might someday,
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How we explore...
when I found myself smack in the middle of the physics world being flipped on its head. It all started when we at CERN saw something intriguing in our a hint of a new particle, an inkling of a possibly extraordinary answer to this question.
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The business logic of...
but not for me knowing you has changed my thinking for I never had an inkling that perhaps the things I do might someday somehow threaten you tomorrow's child my daughter son I'm afraid I've just begun to think of you and off you
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Gail Reed: Where to...
to help them become better at what they do, not to replace them, to work with shamans and traditional healers. ELAM's Are they proving this audacious experiment right? Dozens of projects give us an inkling
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What a Sea Snail Die-off...
an inkling of what is to come. - It's quite sad that these people that have done this for generations have to stop. - It's interesting, recently I was talking to some people and somebody made the comment,
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Great White Shark...
and photographed some of the diverse marine life in the area. It was a nice dive, we had a good time. But they had no inkling of what was about to happen next. My wife and I finished our dive
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Magic Without Lies PIPE...
But have no hint, not an inkling, about up/down, except for one tiny group-- the mathematicians who imagined something more. The mathematicians dream of a world in three dimensions,
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Animation basics: The...
and you start to get an inkling of a sense of motion between the disparate frames. One frame per second. Two frames per second. Four frames per second.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
From the very first inkling of a concept, founders need to gather a target group of five to ten potential users to begin the feedback loop. We all think we know how the market will react to new ideas, but actual users live with the pros and cons of the existing market conditions every day. They are the market experts.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking was even different was when I was in college and I read an article about, you know, some scientist said that the caveman could not have designed tools until they had language.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
I think that it would be hard to find a family that didn't have a secret in it somewhere, and sometimes we know about them, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we have an inkling that there's something hidden, but I think that it touches everybody's life.
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Ashley Walters
British Musician
I had an inkling that I was going to prison before I actually did, because I'd witnessed my father and my elders going through it. It seemed like that's the way that you got respect, which is a sad thing.
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Myron Rolle
Bahamian Athlete
I wanted to be completely and totally entrenched, immersed in this football life, this culture all the way, so you don't even have a thought, an inkling, that my mind is somewhere else.
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Camille Pissarro
French Artist
I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!
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Roger Penrose
English Physicist
Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.
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John McGinn
Scottish Athlete
Sometimes a manager will assess the other team through the warm-up and try to get an inkling as to what way they are going to be playing.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian Philosopher
When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
From the very first inkling of a concept, founders need to gather a target group of five to ten potential users to begin the feedback loop. We all think we know how the market will react to new ideas, but actual users live with the pros and cons of the existing market conditions every day. They are the market experts.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
When I was in high school and college, I thought everybody could think in pictures. And my first inkling to my thinking was even different was when I was in college and I read an article about, you know, some scientist said that the caveman could not have designed tools until they had language.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
I think that it would be hard to find a family that didn't have a secret in it somewhere, and sometimes we know about them, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we have an inkling that there's something hidden, but I think that it touches everybody's life.
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Ashley Walters
British Musician
I had an inkling that I was going to prison before I actually did, because I'd witnessed my father and my elders going through it. It seemed like that's the way that you got respect, which is a sad thing.
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Myron Rolle
Bahamian Athlete
I wanted to be completely and totally entrenched, immersed in this football life, this culture all the way, so you don't even have a thought, an inkling, that my mind is somewhere else.
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Camille Pissarro
French Artist
I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!
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Roger Penrose
English Physicist
Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.
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John McGinn
Scottish Athlete
Sometimes a manager will assess the other team through the warm-up and try to get an inkling as to what way they are going to be playing.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian Philosopher
When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.
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