make allusion
Example Sentences
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Only once did Marguerite make allusion to that terrible time which had become the past.
From The Elusive Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
He admitted that painting might represent an action, but only by means of bodies which make allusion to it; that poetry can represent bodies, but only by means of actions.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
Apart from certain most cleverly devised breaks in the story—to which I shall make allusion presently—Oliver Tropenell's best chance lies in the absence of adequate motive.
From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
If she make allusion to the Dalys, sir, take care not to confess our mistake about that cabin they called 'The Corvy,' and which you remember we discovered that Daly had settled upon his servant.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
It won't hurt them, my lord; and people make allusion to everything now-a-days.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
