allusive
Example Sentences
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The result is allusive, ambitious, occasionally frustrating, often exhilarating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
F1 drivers generally don't talk about this stuff, and if they do it tends to be in an allusive manner that tries to hide any weaknesses.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
The allusive, charged opening sequence alone would qualify as a devastating short film on the subject.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
They all belong to the world outside “Tár” — our world — and their presence inside the movie is more than merely allusive.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023
The story told by myxotricha is as deep as any myth, as profoundly allusive.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
