How to Use connotation in a Sentence

connotation

noun

• For many people, the word “fat” has negative connotations.
• The word “childlike” has connotations of innocence.
• The word Honey was picked for its affectionate connotations and there was a slight nod to it with jars of M&S honey at the breakfast table.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
• Their name may have hellish connotation, but the Speed Demons got their start in church.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2021
• The symbols on the dresses tend to change and have their own connotations.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
• But now, trips to the Southwest have had more of a 'getaway' connotation.
  — Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2022
• Nowadays, the word still refers to a temporary place to live, but the connotation is far grander.
  — Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2022
• And while a man cave has a specific connotation, a Ken Den doesn’t have to conform to the norms.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
• Maybe there's a bit of a negative connotation with the word….
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2021
• In the past, some of those awards might have had a negative connotation.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
• The connotation matters and the translation appears to miss the mark.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2021
• The passing of the Farm Bill is the surest sign yet that hemp has shed its headshop connotations and entered the mainstream.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2019
• Others took issue with the connotations of using the word atheism in the title of the chair.
  — Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2018
• Not everyone shows up to a date and leaves in disgust, even though that’s the connotation that comes with first dates.
  — Lindsay Wigo, Teen Vogue, 22 Sep. 2017
• The green graphic top was shot on a black child model and the Internet has gone crazy over the connotations of such a shoot.
  — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2018
• The concept of the U-turn is a very negative connotation.
  — National Geographic, 21 May 2017
• In French, seaweed is les algues and has none of the negative connotations of the English word.
  — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2019
• While the margin of victory was slim, the connotations were great.
  — SI.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• To some degree, the use of a horn when in traffic has a similar connotation.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
• Elite — a word that carries a stark contrast in connotation to that of an upset.
  — Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2021
• Never mind its creepy Casanova connotations: A leather shirt, some say, is just hard to wear.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 29 Jan. 2020
• Some of those things have much scarier connotations than Nimona and her pink.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
• But LaCroix could stand out because its drinks have a healthy connotation that fits nicely with swimwear.
  — USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
• Take RompHim, a Kickstarter that promises to bring the all-in-one ease and comfort of the romper to men, but like, without the girly connotations of an actual romper.
  — Seventeen, 16 May 2017
• That term could take on a more literal connotation between the white lines.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2020
• There’s a negative connotation that potentially the run is fake, the coin is being pumped and the price will crash.
  — Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• Adding to the tone of the event, even the number of people taken on the tour at a time (13) has a notoriously macabre and unlucky connotation to it.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
• Bats seem to have a negative connotation in the collective mind of the masses, Foss said.
  — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2018
• The family is leaning into the flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants connotation.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 3 June 2020
• Both names have connotations; the first as having no need to prove anything, and the second as feeling uncomfortable doing so.
  — Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024