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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
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to mythological gods.
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While the president’s speech seems original, it contains an
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to a speech made by another world leader.
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The Eastern
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bit me again.
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Hence the half-punning
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] 68 (return) [ In
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to the story of Prometheus.
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Both avoided any
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to the future.
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Pardoned a classical
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But then the
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is lost.
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