allude
verb (used without object)
to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually followed byto ).
am alluding
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present progressiveof allude (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I myself hardly know what it is to which I am alluding.
From The Haunted Chamber A Novel by Duchess
Of course, I am alluding to those who affected no partisanship, either one way or the other.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
I am alluding to the matter here only as another example of our modern passion for wide selection and for the combination of things that apparently defy amalgamation.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
Since the period to which I am alluding, I have seen much of villainy.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
I am not merely speaking of what I personally consider the wrong side; I am alluding to questions which history and hard fact and the common voice and feeling of humanity have since decided.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
