Example Sentences

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When she said she felt “unwelcomed,” Beyoncé might have been alluding to that incident, but also perhaps to the backlash she was met with when she attended and performed at the 2016 Country Music Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Adler might well have been alluding to Interstate 35, the north-south highway that runs through Downtown Austin.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2021

I don’t know what kind of deals she might have been alluding to, as we never met again.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2018

Carroll may or may not have been alluding to Beast Mode after Sunday’s game when he described Chris Carson’s breakout game:

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2017

A few words may suffice for the greater number of the young people to whom I have been alluding in the foregoing chapter. 

From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel