allude
verb (used without object)
to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually followed byto ).
were alluding
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past progressiveof allude.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Russell - and apparently Hamilton - were alluding to a rule clarification that was issued before the Singapore Grand Prix restricting the use of flexible bodywork and floors.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
It is perhaps an overlooked giant, as you were alluding to earlier.
From The Verge ● Mar. 15, 2022
They were alluding to the F.D.A., as well as to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which is supposed to monitor pill diversion, and to the state’s own prescription monitoring program.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
Jacobs, 91, a native of Yorkshire, England, died, and is survived by a breadth of wisdom to which many were alluding on Friday.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 13, 2017
The prose of the Restaurateur—which by the way sounds as if I were alluding to the literature of the Restauration,—hath insensibly superseded the poesy of the peerless Portuguese.
From Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
