secret language
Example Sentences
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In its whimsically byzantine rules, the king of hearts is dubbed Heart the Lover, and the game’s secret language accompanies the trio through their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
“And it was very intentional when she was using the language because it was her secret language with her dad. So I didn’t have a lot of Japanese dialogue.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024
Fan rituals are a time-honored tradition that bond people together into permanent friendships, creating what can often feel like a secret language shared by only a few.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022
They can seem very charming and expressionistic to the untrained eye, but to his premieres they were almost mathematical in their precision, almost like a secret language between Karl and the ateliers.”
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022
I couldn’t even understand what the doctors and nurses were saying, but they were both clued in to this secret language.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
