Mike said a few words by way of suggestion

He didn't say so, but he implied that I was lying

She has come to know something like love

Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every"

None of them could understand what she was implying

The speaker hinted at corruption in the political world

Her exotic perfume has a subtle scent

My father implied our summer trip was arranged

I've had a vague uneasiness

The pilot hinted that it might be a UFO

Rhyme and meter form the essential rules of Chinese poetry