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How to use alludes in a sentence

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The work alludes both to the perishing physical environment and to the erosion of the communist ideal.
Thus, the verse from Leviticus to which the Zohar refers alludes to the potential perfection that the Tabernacle could bring about.
An alternative name, goutweed, alludes to the supposed medicinal properties of the plant.
The great hymnodist alludes to the transferral of the bones in his Carmina Nisibena.
The blue nebuly chief alludes to the sky and denotes the aviation function of the unit.
Often his work alludes more or less obliquely to gay experience, but it strongly rejects categorization.
This aphorism relies for its force, of course, on the transgressive nature of the behaviour it alludes to.
It is interesting though because he alludes to mezzotinting, a printmaking process developed in the 17th century.
Otherwise, the self-fulfilling prophecy it alludes to would occur and the band wouldn't exist anymore, right?
As far as I am able to judge, the Victorian landlord is just about as impracticable as the landlords Plutology alludes to.
The trivial name alludes to the row of metal spines on the third pereiopod which distinguishes this species from other members of the genus.
At 63, the Paisley-born actor-turned-novelist's cragged, open face alludes to, but never exposes, his 60-plus status.
At the same time, the artist alludes to the real world, having it out with hypocrisy and duplicity.
This counterpoint rhythm, of natural and man-made elements, alludes to both classical and modern musical forms.
This account alludes only indirectly to the Buddha's original meditative accomplishments before the awakening.
Janofsky alludes to federally mandated spending and to rapacious tax cutting by the states.
The Times manages to avoid direct joke references to his name, but cunningly alludes to it.
I'm afraid that what he alludes to is only a possibility among others, and not in my view the most likely one.
Every move is exact, precise, has purpose, shows rather than alludes, directs rather than suggests, shapes rather than evokes.
One assumes Paul Smith's choice of moniker alludes to his music's reverberative qualities, but in fact its origin is rather more unusual.
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Examples from Classical Literature
This account was written in 1618 and alludes to the Chinese shipping then frequenting Brunai.
Moquin also alludes to a case of the same nature in Cortusa Mathioli, in which the funiculi bore little rounded leaves.
De Candolle alludes to a case of the kind in the bean, and figures a species of solanum with three cotyledons.
In each case the name alludes to a white mark, or what horsy people call a star.
The botanist alludes to a certain flower as a poppy and again as eschscholtzia.
Fleming66 calls prominent attention to a complication of glossitis, of which he alludes to several examples.
He alludes to the Roman mode of manumission, or setting the slaves at liberty.
Thorpe alludes in a note to a German poem by Wegener, which I have not seen.
Treste, the trefoil leaf, or clover-grass alludes to the husbandmen and peasants.
Wigand alludes to an instance wherein there was a second pair of carpels above the first in vinca herbacea.
The scout alludes to a tradition which is very popular among the tribes of the Atlantic states.
This probably alludes to the government of Solon, when archon of Athens.
In his public speeches he alludes to himself humorously as a hustler.
Lucian alludes to the service of these devoted women in prisons.
This term generally alludes to the Archimedean screw, or screw-propeller.
My sincere anxiety to see that happy prospect realized to which your letter alludes has caused me to write far less reservedly than I might otherwise have written.
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