connotations

Example Sentences

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Comey has said he did not realize that “86,” a slang term for getting rid of something, had violent connotations.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

"The phrase national emergency has particular connotations... it means for a period you change your democracy and you disapply some elements of our democratic society," she told BBC Breakfast.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Its romantic connotations, however, were believed to have been influenced by the dining culture of the early 1900s.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

"We should be studying this behaviour, not just dismissing it as silly because it has romantic connotations in humans."

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

When the wooden door is up, the assemblage is transformed from a neutral into a loaded image, bringing out the nascent connotations of the target.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson