Example Sentences

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Her faith is no facade, and it short-circuits the sort of subtextual psychological approach we might expect in a more typical bio-drama.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

I’m more curious about the subtextual invitations to inquiry, like how extensively Callie’s witnessing of her mother’s dark side will mold the daughter into the mother.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

Mark Ronson: What we need is a song about a poseable plastic toy with subtextual references to the dehumanising effects of fame.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

“What, after all,” Zevin asks, “is a video game’s subtextual preoccupation if not the erasure of mortality?”

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022

Locating an ideal balance between impeccable mimicry and her own personal experience as a much-hounded celebrity, Stewart turns even her own counterintuitive casting into a subtextual weapon.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2021