How to Use subliminal in a Sentence

subliminal

adjective

• The studio denied the existence of subliminal messages in the movie.
• I am skeptical that subliminal advertising actually works.
• And a lot of that made it on the record just like subliminal little sounds and stuff like that.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• The subliminal message was clear: Hey, some day these new guys may turn out to be as great as those old guys.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2021
• Along the way, there was a subliminal backdrop of all the fear in the world, the suffering of so many, and the feeling that better days are ahead.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 Apr. 2020
• The artists have circled each other for more than a decade, slinging subliminal barbs back and forth since 2012.
  — Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 3 May 2024
• The subliminal message: This is your first chance to take all of your frustrations and anger out in person on the Astros.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2021
• It’s the kind of subliminal marketing that most brands can only dream of.
  — Cady Lang, Time, 15 Apr. 2022
• Hawkeye plot holes aside, there’s a subliminal Ant-Man theme here.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 27 Dec. 2021
• As with most trips to the press room podium, Saban had a few subliminal messages to players.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 Oct. 2022
• Gone are many of the subliminal shots towards Swift’s bevy of famous exes.
  — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• The far-off storm flashing on the horizon expels my subliminal rage.
  — Chloe Bottero, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
• Part of my work is to help my clients uncover what that subliminal tape is saying.
  — Melinda Fouts, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• Through their sound, these short clips are meant to send subliminal messages to the brain that will somehow make high schoolers look better.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2023
• Even better is that the bass line and the lyrics combine to create a subliminal subtext that reinforces the entire intent of the song.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 6 May 2018
• But James has posted at least a few subliminal messages to social media over the years.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 23 July 2017
• Mott noted that the public for a while has been sending subliminal messages to The Shoppes at Parma to add dessert-style tenants.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2021
• What unites these narrative threads is the not-so-subliminal threat of punishment for those who have stepped out of order.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 30 June 2021
• The connection between shells and home is sort of subliminal.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2021
• The two have had a rocky relationship over the years, which has played out via bar fights, petty social media posts and subliminal shots fired in lyrics.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 8 June 2019
• Direct and subliminal hatred has been geared towards me for many years solely because of the color of my skin.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2020
• There are these overt and subliminal messages that being partnered is the ideal.
  — Hilary Sheinbaum, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2020
• The subliminal appeal to the anti-black voter was always present in Nixon’s statements and speeches.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 14 June 2018
• After more than a month of subliminal barbs and third-party interference, Drake and Kendrick Lamar went back-to-back with heavyweight diss tracks.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 8 May 2024
• Last week, star cornerback Jalen Ramsey became the latest to drop a not-so-subliminal hint.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
• That includes subliminal cues that a local field isn’t the magnetic field.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2020
• There’s also the fact that a lack of sleep and steady nourishment can heighten our awareness of these strange, subliminal connections.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 18 May 2018
• Viewers have interpreted the post as a subliminal message to Woods in defense of Khloé.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2019
• It’s not so subliminal, however, that Mayfield felt chained in Cleveland last season and now feels free.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022
• The message is subliminal, yet powerful: Someone is coming to get you, and only a gun can protect you.
  — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024