Sentence examples for covert reference from inspiring English sources

At the time, he assumed a covert reference to Ms. F. Later, when he went back and scrutinized her every utterance, it became one of those mysterious manhole covers, briefly raised over the sewer of secrecy.

And he mischievously sneaked autobiography onto the Hit Parade: "That Old Black Magic" is said to be about his affair with Judy Garland, including a covert reference to her sexual penchants.

Caroline is not moving to the Hoboken apartment, and Bravo slipped in a covert reference to the upcoming show.

Making additional covert reference to Trandafiloff as "the eglantine", it featured the lyrics: In spring 1848, when the first European revolutions had erupted, Heliade was attracted into cooperation with Frăţia, a secret society founded by Nicolae Bălcescu, Ion Ghica, Christian Tell, and Alexandru G. Golescu, and sat on its leadership committee.

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.

The boulevard is also marked by more covert references to the Church's reach.

Meanwhile, Mr. Puryear's sculptures serve as symbols themselves, making covert references to the human body.

Berg carved their initials into his tone rows, and sprinkled other covert references throughout the piece.

Manoj Kumar's 1967 classic, "Upkar," for instance, had covert references to Pakistan, but never named the country outright.

A few paintings make covert references to dominant male painters: "Elegy," with its procession of ponderous, ovoid forms, could be a riposte to Robert Motherwell's well-known series "Elegy to the Spanish Republic".

With a staginess reminiscent of "The Petrified Forest" and with overt and covert references to films like "Bonnie and Clyde," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Of Mice and Men" and even "All Quiet on the Western Front," Ash's adrenal little film, like its adolescent main characters, has been shaped, for better and worse, by the screen.