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Example sentences for: allusion
How can you use “allusion” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
. His terminology abounds in sexual allusion” (1962, 59).
The contrast is strong enough to sustain the allusion to Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn (bypassing Steinbeck, of course) when Quinn speaks of the narrative trampling over the now familiar gripes of Roth.
cat's paw to be made a tool or instrument to accomplish the purpose of another: an allusion to the story of a monkey that made use of a cat's paw to scratch a roasted chestnut out of the fire.
It's a reference only, a delicate allusion to that deeply satisfying modern icon, the brassiere-clad bosom with its distinctively engineered shape.
not to mention Poe's odd allusion in For Annie :