connotations

Example Sentences

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“The horse elevates the art; symbolically, it carries connotations of elegance and nobility,” González said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

"The phrase national emergency has particular connotations... it means for a period you change your democracy and you disapply some elements of our democratic society," she told BBC Breakfast.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Sellers’s “talent was diabolical,” writes Mr. Lewis, embracing the full connotations of the word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Nevertheless, the word “appeasement,” carrying as it did a great burden of historical connotations, became a charged one in the debate over the war.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith