veiled allusion
Frequency: 6.27.8 per million words
An allusion that is hidden or disguised.
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Examples (20)
- She was made uncomfortable by his veiled allusion to the previous night.
- His speech contained a veiled allusion to the recent scandal.
- The diplomat's speech was full of veiled allusions to the trade dispute.
- She made a veiled allusion to their past disagreements.
- The novel contains a veiled allusion to the author's own difficult childhood.
- The article included a veiled allusion to the CEO's controversial decisions.
- His memo about 'restructuring' was a veiled allusion to the upcoming layoffs.
- Many artists use veiled allusions in their work to convey deeper meanings.
- I caught her veiled allusion to my recent weight gain.
- He understood the veiled allusion in her remark, though others missed it.
- He made a veiled allusion to her past mistakes during the meeting.
- The politician's statement was full of veiled allusions to his opponents' weaknesses.
- Despite the politeness, there was a veiled allusion in his toast that only a few people understood.
- She recognized the veiled allusion to Shakespeare in the modern play.
- Was that a veiled allusion to the scandal everyone is talking about?
- To avoid direct confrontation, he often resorted to a veiled allusion.
- The poem is difficult to interpret because of its many veiled allusions to classical mythology.
- The novel's opening chapter contains a veiled allusion to a future tragedy.
- The historical text makes several veiled allusions to the king's secret love affair.
- Critics debated the meaning of the poet's veiled allusion to classical mythology.