Sentence examples similar to covert allusion from inspiring English sources
Throughout these years, many songs contained both covert and outright allusions to artists' experimentation with this trippy substance, especially thanks to advocates like Timothy Leary and and Ken Kesey, who helped to introduce acid to certain bands like The Beatles and Grateful Dead.
The promotional ramp-up for Rihanna's 2009 release "Rated R" didn't shy away from allusions, both covert and overt, to her assault at the hands of the R&B star Chris Brown.
It's a style matter, Poe says, in this case because of the authors' mutual use of "covert conceit," "hidden humor" and "piquant allusion".
In one of many provocative excursions into the nature of writing, Beattie proposes this idea: "Fiction is all about covert winks, deliberate stumbles, things happening off the page, allusions that function as scaffolding.
The tension between the desire for perfection and the need to live in a world in which perfection is impossible is a covert theme in the book, and Rees's frequent allusions to the analogous relationship between an imperfect pencil tip and an imperfect life seem both goofily ironic and utterly sincere.
According to their own propaganda, the covert group is intent on the creation of the "Fourth Reich" an allusion to Nazi Germany's Third Reich.
In addition, Barbu Cioculescu believed to have identified other traits shared by the narrator and author, as well as a covert reference to Marica Sion, while researcher Radu Cernătescu suggests further allusions to real-life eccentric noblemen, from Pantazi Ghica to "Claymoor" Văcărescu.
Allusion or empty threat?
Probably some covert rat fan.
