allude
Example Sentences
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To allude to Frank Sinatra, you did it your way.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The notebooks do allude to the depression of his wife, Francine Faure, occasioned by his serial infidelity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The show is, in fact, billed as being only "mostly" based on real events, and the writer and cast allude to a "twist".
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
The score goes on for the next hour to allude to a surreal emptiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
I allude to the setting of steel traps for catching vermin.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing allude
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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