Sentence examples for connotations over from inspiring English sources

Lillibulero seemed ripe for updating, particularly as it has garnered some negative sectarian connotations over the years in Northern Ireland.

Lighter variations made use of a simple, slightly scrunched sand-shaded cotton that blended safari connotations with over-dyed, quilted patches.

The racial descriptor does not seem to have originated as a pejorative, but acquired a negative connotation over time.

According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, it did not originate as a slur but took on a derogatory connotation over time..

According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, it did not originate as a slur but took on a derogatory connotation over time...

It just has a different connotation over here in America.

Lord Mandelson's connotations of scandal and over-cunning faded during his long exile in Brussels; but he still carries an electorally useful whiff of steel and success.

James Joyce called the effect an "epiphany," a term whose theological connotations have led, over the years, to a lot of critical misunderstanding.

Present in the older texts, they are carried over, with particular connotations, into the later works.

I had fretted over the connotations of being kept, yet forgotten the basic meaning.

Social listening tool Sysomos records a measly 19,000 references to all the search connotations of football goals over the past six months.