Sentence example with the word 'allusion'

allusion

allegory, coloration, implication, inference, ironic suggestion, nuance, presumption, subsidiary sense, symbolism, undercurrent

Definition n. passing reference or indirect mention

Last update: November 5, 2016


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The author’s new book contains an allusion to mythological gods.   [Please select]

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While the president’s speech seems original, it contains an allusion to a speech made by another world leader.   [Please select]

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The Eastern allusion bit me again.   [Please select]

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Hence the half-punning allusion.   [Please select]

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] 68 (return) [ In allusion to the story of Prometheus.   [Please select]

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Both avoided any allusion to the future.   [Please select]

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Pardoned a classical allusion.   [Please select]

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But then the allusion is lost.   [noun]

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