allude
verb (used without object)
to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually followed byto ).
have alluded
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present perfectof allude.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Israeli officials have alluded to covert operations during the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Other listeners noted that Swift may have alluded to Braun’s recent divorce from Yael Cohen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
You have alluded to this, but should we think about what has gone on in the past couple of years as a break from past norms?
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2019
Both have the same big dreams their fathers had, to grow the names and franchises, and achieve a level of financial success that may have alluded their parents' generation.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2015
Perhaps education is the true means of escape from the other perils to which I have alluded.
From Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War by George William Brown
