double meaning
Example Sentences
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A mother’s screams of pain carry a woozy double meaning in a thematically saturated scene in the World War II drama “Amrum.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
He simply defined it as a rhetorical device involving a double meaning.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2024
Hari Kondabolu, stand-up comedian and creator of “The Problem with Apu”: The problem is “fighting hard” does not have a double meaning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
You’ll lose count over how many times “ill” is used with a double meaning.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
I was trying to speak insipidly, yet everything I said to Tibe seemed to take on a double meaning.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
