How to Use allude in a Sentence

allude

verb

• Mrs. Simons alluded to some health problems, without being specific.
• Lawrence is the big piece of the puzzle that Jones was alluding to.
  — Clarence Hill, star-telegram, 23 Feb. 2018
• Some of the hosts have alluded to this guidance while on Fox.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
• Cotton alludes to in the ad was the spending on food for poor people.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 16 Jan. 2018
• This is seen by many as alluding to razing the Babri mosque.
  — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
• Smith said, alluding to the time that transpired before the first and second shot.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2017
• As the petition alludes, Kile isn’t the only one to fall victim to their death in Lake Lanier.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 13 Dec. 2023
• Of course, as Matt alludes to, the numbers don’t include context.
  — Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2019
• The sheer back alluded to skin while retaining a hint of modesty, while the slit down the spine was a natty touch.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 27 June 2018
• The section that was said to allude to slavery was found to have no connection at all.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
• The statement did not allude to Isaac's decision to stand.
  — Brian Ries, CNN, 31 July 2020
• Jamie walks Ian out and the men allude to some secret Jamie is keeping that could cause trouble.
  — Roxane Gay, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2017
• Quite a lot of my work either involves, or alludes to, movement.
  — Stella Ko, CNN, 29 May 2017
• Tellingly, the woman who asked the question did not allude to the president.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 22 Sep. 2020
• Yet both stopped short of publishing the full contents of the call, opting to instead allude to what was said.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
• The series alludes to conflict and death, yet its imagery is too sugared to sting.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• But most are mom merch, and most of these items directly allude to survival.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2019
• As alluded in the previous scene, this is the Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 July 2023
• The tragedy of this season, as the judges even alluded to, is that there are some good dancers, yet all the suspense has nothing to do with dancer vs. dancer — only Spicer.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• As Harris alludes to, the onus to win has been mainly rested on the shoulders of Denver’s defense.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• The university’s statement on the firing did not even allude to the free speech issue.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2022
• Some of the 18 choices to which the White House summary alludes would keep the banks as intermediaries.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The response appears to allude to the star's rocky relationship with Nickelodeon, the home of SpongeBob.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 July 2022
• Dettelbach in his speech may have been alluding to the timing of the donations.
  — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• Ford, the veteran, alluded to that showing last week when asked for a scouting report on the Bucs.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2019
• The name alludes to its most appealing feature: This thing stands almost 6 feet tall, so there’s plenty of room to stand up and move around.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2019
• There are a number of other points in Revelation where the author seems to allude to Nero.
  — Eric M. Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2021
• There have not been union mines in Eastern Kentucky for decades, but the speeches allude to the old labor wars in Harlan County.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2019
• Holland also briefly alluded to the Spider-Man news on stage at D23.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• These polished black fins on the rear fenders allude to air vents that the most exotic cars use to reduce turbulence in the wheel wells.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024