connote

Example Sentences

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By the end, Veloso brought in a Steadicam to connote that Robert has found more peace in his later years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

He claimed her firing was “for cause,” a term whose precise legal meaning hasn’t been adjudicated but is widely interpreted to connote gross malfeasance or some such offense in office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Our house didn’t connote individuality any more than a GHW does; if anything, it connoted that we fit in—that we lived in the same kind of house as lots of our neighbors.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

She used it for emphasis, to connote dismissiveness and to demonstrate exasperation.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2024

And now the cup, the ring and two unironed waiter’s aprons at home were the only concrete objects left to connote that a man had once lived.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith