How to Use allude in a Sentence
allude
verb- Mrs. Simons alluded to some health problems, without being specific.
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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 -
Arbiter is alluding to the blush pink dress Meghan wore to Trooping the Colour in early June.
— Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 17 June 2018 -
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 -
Start with the name, which alludes to the notion of taking a former bar space, in this case Whiskey Social, and giving it new life.
— Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018 -
As alluded in the previous scene, this is the Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie.
— Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 July 2023 -
But where Gilbert Stuart flirts with the splendors of the office of the President, Wiley alludes to the story of the man himself.
— Maya Rhodan, Time, 14 Feb. 2018 -
The sign alluded to a recent teacher strike in West Virginia, where teachers walked off the job for nine days to protest poor pay.
— Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2018 -
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 -
Donald Trump Jr. appeared to have gotten in the last word, however, alluding to his dad's digs in the White House.
— Fox News, 1 June 2017 -
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 -
And, as Paul Krugman often alludes, one part of technological drift to the back of the pack is always theft, and one part is self-inflicted.
— Matthew Chase Levy, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 -
His staff, however, alluded that another decision to stay in the seat could come soon.
— Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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