Sentence examples for connotation is from inspiring English sources

Solitary Confinement Is Being Rebranded in US Prisons The term "solitary confinement," with its tainted connotation, is off-brand for an institution trying to gloss the image of juveniles.

In political and journalistic use, the phrase's connotation is accusatory: today's question, "Where is your exit strategy?" connotes "How do you plan to get us out of this mess at a date certain?" In his answer, Rumsfeld chose to counter that polemical connotation by defining the mission not as exit but as success.

The proper connotation is Joe Sixpack.

The connotation is both absurd and sort of touching.

"But the connotation is so different, it's beautiful," he said.

Fortunately, our prudery has receded to the degree that this connotation is nearly discernible once again.

The connotation being: Is she available for sex? "My guard was up," Azadi recalled.

A police source told the Nouvel Obs: "No words of a religious connotation were uttered".

(And connotation are that membership in the Committee involves no duties or privilegesaside from parting with $15...

Realistic packaging variants for a fictitious yoghurt brand varying in health connotation were designed.

In order to see why, let us return briefly to the theory of connotation.[24] Connotation was described above in terms of primary and secondary signification.