Sentence examples for grave a reference to from inspiring English sources

It should keep the old prig turning in his grave," a reference to Maugham's view that Lucky Jim's characters were illustrative of the country's moral decline.

Last week, four senior managers of C.N.P.C. and its subsidiary, PetroChina, were removed from their positions and placed under investigation on suspicion of what an official statement called "grave violations of discipline," almost always a reference to corruption, bribe-taking or embezzlement.

The graffiti on Haley's grandmother's grave, "White Lives Matter," appears to be a reference to #BlackLivesMatter, a grassroots movement founded in 2012 by activists Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager.

Barney leaving flowers outside the Duff brewery is, according to show runner Josh Weinstein, a reference to people leaving flowers at the grave sites of various Hollywood figures, with him specifically citing Rudolph Valentino and Marilyn Monroe as examples of this trend.

NICHOLAS THOMPSON: It starts with a reference to the Cuban Missile Crisis: A reminder of the grave consequences Presidents face.

A reference to the bankers?

Coniacian is a reference to Cognac.

Sounded like a reference to free soap.

That sounded like a reference to Whitewater.

"I made a reference to Woodstock.

(a reference to her signature bright pink).