make allusion
Example Sentences
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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
To another matter with which, both literally and metaphorically, the air is filled, we must also make allusion.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various
Apart from certain most cleverly devised breaks in the story—to which I shall make allusion presently—Oliver Tropenell's best chance lies in the absence of adequate motive.
From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
I think the same thing may be said of the offence to which you seem to make allusion.
From The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Balzac, Honoré de
All travellers speak of the Cagots, and make allusion to them, but nothing very positive is told.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart