subtext
Example Sentences
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You don’t need to decide what to watch or decipher subtext and creative interpretation.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
Most of the porcelain was made for the European market, underscoring a subtext of cross-fertilization, already stated by Islamic ceramics imitating Chinese blue and white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
They want to protect Schoenbrun’s film from the very analysis it’s encouraging, the deep, granular kind that causes all that subtext to fall apart.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet it’s a straightforward narrative on the whole — all text, no subtext.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
I never observe anyone stealing, but the possibility is a persistent subtext of The Maids’ discipline and lore.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing subtext
Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms, Unit 2
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Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Unit 2
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