make allusion
Example Sentences
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He had often heard Miss Rogers make allusion to money she could lay her hand on at any moment; but the old basket-maker never believed her.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean
Thus even of the Giulietta, to whom I have adverted above, I have heard only casual mention by himself, and to this tender topic he would not suffer even his oldest friends to make allusion.
From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton
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
Should your great-grandfather have had the misfortune to be hanged, such a person is certain, on some public occasion, to make allusion to your pedigree.
From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander
The three Marks of Copland make allusion to the roses which appeared as a sign to his shop.
From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)
