double meaning
Example Sentences
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A mother’s screams of pain carry a woozy double meaning in a thematically saturated scene in the World War II drama “Amrum.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
He simply defined it as a rhetorical device involving a double meaning.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
“Accordion Eulogies” brims with such phrases: efficient, poetic, often delivered with double meaning.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
All these commutes take on double meaning for Jackson.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023
In his father’s world, everything had a double meaning.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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