Sentence examples for connotations from from inspiring English sources
"They lift you up as a human, you could never draw any negative connotations from them.
And Enigmatist's first name is itself rich in connotations, from antipodean slang for a policeman to a 19th-century racist term for a Chinese person.
The card is called a Membership Identification Card, and is the size and shape of a credit card... Cards with signatures, particularly "identification" cards have different connotations from the average keepsake.
A 13th-century word meaning a female infant or a young unmarried woman quickly acquired negative connotations: from the late 14th century, in Langland and Chaucer it is used to mean "a wanton woman; a mistress".
Asked about the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Putin again described Trump as a "flamboyant" or "colorful" man, using a Russian word – "яркий" – that can be translated with ambiguous connotations, from gaudy to striking to dazzling.
"Culture," on the other hand, is a word with many meanings in human life and society, heavily laden with connotations from other disciplines: high, low and pop culture; beliefs and values; a form of life.
(The word that the women used, "importuner," ranges in connotation from bugging someone to really disturbing her. Whatever the level of offense, the behavior is clearly unwanted).
"I did not take a racial connotation from Mr. Wilson's remarks," said Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the majority leader, who introduced the resolution.
Everything in this frame has a certain connotation, from the architectural importance of Queen's House in the centre, to the imperial significance of the Cutty Sark tea clipper in the distance; further away, Canary Wharf symbolises the changing economic fortunes of the city.
The word "hacker" has an unfairly negative connotation from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers.
"The word "hacker" has an unfairly negative connotation from being portrayed in the media as people who break into computers," he wrote.
