make allusion

Example Sentences

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Thus even of the Giulietta, to whom I have adverted above, I have heard only casual mention by himself, and to this tender topic he would not suffer even his oldest friends to make allusion.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

Should your great-grandfather have had the misfortune to be hanged, such a person is certain, on some public occasion, to make allusion to your pedigree.

From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander

He admitted that painting might represent an action, but only by means of bodies which make allusion to it; that poetry can represent bodies, but only by means of actions.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

I refer with pleasure to those portions of his report which make allusion to the creditable degree of discipline already attained by our troops and to the excellent sanitary condition of the entire army.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 by Lincoln, Abraham

When he beheld his brother after the return of reason, he addressed him as Mr. Holden, and never, in conversation with any one, did he make allusion to his aberration of mind.

From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill