subliminal

Example Sentences

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“When you deliver in a white community, you can feel it. People just stare. They don’t smile or wave or anything. The stare-down is to subliminally tell you that you don’t belong.”

From Seattle Times

I was subliminally trying to get into that philosophy and have our own interpretation of that concept, which kind of went from zero to infinity.

From New York Times

He also placed subliminal messages about objectification and sexualization in ads around the airport, including a fascinating, even chilling, final shot.

From Los Angeles Times

Whether it manifests as racism, bullying, or subliminal conditioning to self-harm, "Evil" shows us how ordinary and banal most diabolism is.

From Salon

It was practically in their back yard, but as Cubs fans the oversight might have been subliminal.

From Seattle Times