make allusion
Example Sentences
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He had often heard Miss Rogers make allusion to money she could lay her hand on at any moment; but the old basket-maker never believed her.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean
The three Marks of Copland make allusion to the roses which appeared as a sign to his shop.
From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)
We all remember that it was a point of etiquette inculcated in our youth never to make allusion to the furniture and fittings of the houses where we paid visits.
From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various
This extraordinary phenomenon, it is now generally known, has been completely elucidated through the discoveries of Von Reichenbach, to which, in a former letter, I had occasion to make allusion.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
It won't hurt them, my lord; and people make allusion to everything now-a-days.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
