Example sentences for: connotation

How can you use “connotation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • ) Similarly, lip salve is insincere flattery, though it may be enjoyed by the recipient nonetheless as a form of ear candy . Lip , with its satisfying mouthfeel (to use the jargon of the food-service industry) and its still-obvious link to an elemental root (the Indo-European leb , with the connotation ""), has formed numerous slang combinations whose meanings touch all the compass points of verbal intention.

  • The verb to bobbitt , with its well-known specific connotation under the household-amputation rubric, has become so widely used as to have now acquired metaphoric senses.

  • Not only does the word itself sound more fluid, but I also think the connotation it has is more appropriate to the meaning Slate intends.

  • One wonders whether Spirit Pond has spectral or religious connotation.

  • Used in a straight forward positive sentence, it carries a favorable connotation: “We want to get out the whole story,” or “Col.


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