Sentence examples for a subtle jibe from inspiring English sources

The preacher at a slain Sunni youth's funeral described him as a "martyr to Arabism"—a subtle jibe at the ostensibly "Persian" Shias and their leading party in Lebanon, Hizbullah.This was the week of Ashura, a Shia festival that commemorates martyrdom and has often proved a tense period in places where Islam's two main sects both reside.

"Too loyal" seemed a less-than-subtle jibe at Berger, who joined the post-Brexit exodus from Corbyn's shadow cabinet when she resigned as minister for mental health.

But it was not so amusing on Tuesday night when he endured a miserable Knick debut at Madison Square Garden, or even in the locker room after the game when teammates perused the stat sheets and offered some subtle jibes.

A subtle signal?

A subtle or obvious message?

It is a subtle war.

This is a subtle concept.

A subtle underlying levity prevailed.

Again, a subtle lesson.

Iranians are a subtle people.

A subtle portent lurks behind.