subtext

Example Sentences

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There’s little time spent on subtext, and even less on preaching.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

We have not been giving the big guy his own entries recently, since he’s the subtext of all of them.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

That is exactly what he did today, but with a clear subtext: the events of the last 48 hours or so had crossed a rubicon.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

All this and a subtext of relationships among the leading artists of the period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The subtext was the necessity of government funding for more nuclear reactors—including one, it was hoped, at Berkeley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik