Sentence examples for a subtle jab from inspiring English sources

Jackson's leadership comment was a subtle jab at Chaney, who said the Knicks lacked leadership last season.

"Electable" is a word used often by Rubio supporters, a subtle jab at his strongest competitors, Trump and Cruz.

On Monday, when asked about the difficulty of losing Cano as a client, Boras spun off with what seemed to be a subtle jab at Jay-Z.

In a subtle jab at China, Mr. Lee noted, "All eight Nobel Prize winners in science who are of Chinese descent either were or subsequently became American citizens".

Over the weekend, Musk fired off another tweet that some took as a subtle jab at the regulators seeking to control him.

"One day we may have enough self-confidence to understand the value of having different opinions," he said in a subtle jab at the authorities.

While "Conan" was premiering on TBS, Letterman spent the beginning of his show taking a subtle jabs at the Conan/Leno late night battle.

Believing his fellow students have lost their conservatism to a mix of apathy and professorial indoctrination, he has planned a rally for Friday afternoon involving costumes like Dr. Obama (a jab at the president's stance on health care), the Grim Reaper (a less subtle jab on the same topic), and Uncle Sam.

In describing his own, he seemed to take a few subtle jabs at Mr. Yassky: "I'm of, by and for the community.

Rather than go for the jugular, Obama showed a preference for subtle jabs, making his most direct attack against McCain when he accused him of repeatedly being wrong about the war in Iraq.

This is precisely what she set out to prove, through a series of subtle jabs at his business and political record which he couldn't resist and felt compelled to respond to.