subtext

How to use subtext in a sentence

• On a day when arguably the best shortstop in baseball went from one of the sport’s smallest markets to its largest — in a blockbuster, six-player trade that cranked up the volume on an eerily quiet offseason — it was the subtext that stood out.

  With deep pockets, grand ambition, new Mets owner swings blockbuster deal for Francisco Lindor | Dave Sheinin | January 7, 2021 | Washington Post

• Bad behavior leads to subtexts and thought bubbles that hang over people and teams.

  Don’t make what’s interesting important, Ron Rivera says. Easier said than done for Washington. | Thomas M. Boswell | December 27, 2020 | Washington Post

• Left unsaid during his recent news conference is a cultural subtext that needs to be screamed out loud.

  300,000 and counting… | Troy Masters | December 21, 2020 | Washington Blade

• For those who are up for it, however, the subtext that conveys the real narrative of Lee’s film – the one that charts a shared inner journey, not the external factors that surround it – is every bit as thrilling as a non-stop action blockbuster.

  Winslet, Ronan have seaside rendezvous in ‘Ammonite’ | John Paul King | December 11, 2020 | Washington Blade

• Better to identify the subtexts, trust each other, then make the call — and use your veto power only as a last resort.

  Carolyn Hax: He worries that every day after Jan. 1 will be 420 | Carolyn Hax | December 10, 2020 | Washington Post