allusion

Example Sentences

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Lego aficionados or those who grew up with the sets will likely spy many an allusion to past toys.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I’m under no illusion that each and every lyrical allusion to literature will foster a reading revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

One of the pleasures here is witnessing both actors reanimate the rhythms of a long-ago conversation, their text absent the typical tidiness of a screenplay and instead an interwoven network of inflection, attitude, allusion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"A 10-year-old child who doesn't understand a joke or an allusion, it's not a big deal. They will understand it at 15, 20, or 40 years old. There are several levels of interpretation."

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Going a bit further back, Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech, as it became known, was based on a classical allusion: “Like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith