overtone

Example Sentences

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In March, he was found to have used "abusive language with racial overtones" towards political journalist Henry Dyer, who is of British-Chinese heritage, in a Commons bar in February 2022.

From BBC

They also are playing out as Biden is in the early weeks of his candidacy for reelection, adding political overtones to the situation.

From Washington Times

But the Arizona vote did not carry the same partisan and racial overtones.

From Washington Times

The debate over policing power in St. Louis — a racially diverse, heavily Democratic city long vexed by violent crime — carries political and racial overtones like those that have roiled other cities and states this year.

From Seattle Times

The remark was widely criticized for having anti-Semitic overtones, and Mr. Barre never explicitly apologized.

From New York Times