make allusion
Example Sentences
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It won't hurt them, my lord; and people make allusion to everything now-a-days.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
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
We all remember that it was a point of etiquette inculcated in our youth never to make allusion to the furniture and fittings of the houses where we paid visits.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
To another matter with which, both literally and metaphorically, the air is filled, we must also make allusion.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
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
