Example Sentences

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Alluding to Paul’s rise in power is imagery steeped in religious undertones.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Alluding to past difficulties, he said: "When the going gets tough - and it often does - the tough get going, and you have."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2024

Alluding to this, Mr. Biden said his dinner speech would be like his press interactions: “I’ll talk for 10 minutes, take no questions and cheerfully walk away.”

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023

Alluding to Mr. Xi’s intention to displace the U.S. as a global leader, Mr. Macron reportedly told Mr. Xi that “France does not pick sides.”

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Alluding to their beloved Michelet’s lost love, Vincent writes, “She stayed with me 30 years, returning to me incessantly.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman