allude
Example Sentences
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Their presence may allude to the hymn “Panis Angelicus,” or “bread of angels,” written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century as a poetic reference to the presence of Christ in the consecrated host.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Throughout, she’ll allude to stories of mistreated animals and the Griffith Park fire of 1933, heightening the sense that we are in the presence of unnatural occurrences.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
Both allude to an Aztec myth and appear in the Mexican flag.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
This seems to allude to a modus operandi of American health insurance companies: “delay, deny, depose.”
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2024
Just every now and then, Ruth would allude to it.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
