overtone

Example Sentences

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“The message is resonating,” he said, underlining his belief that his conservative talking points with religious overtones will appeal to a broad swath of Republican voters.

From New York Times

The case has assumed particularly lurid overtones because of the extreme violence it involved.

From New York Times

But comments aimed at First Nations players - often with colonial overtones - are particularly intense and hurtful.

From BBC

“This was a major event, with significant overtones, that nobody talked about,” Pappas said, “while the officials responsible for releasing relevant information failed, and still fail, to do so.”

From Washington Post

But the Arizona vote did not carry the same partisan and racial overtones, with widespread and bipartisan condemnation for Harris’s actions.

From Washington Times