Sentence examples for have overtones of from inspiring English sources

There is another painter whose portrait heads have overtones of Arcimboldo: hybrids of faces and masks and unidentified objects, something like hooks or postbox slots.

Shot in a purposefully arty, studio setup in tasteful black and white, they have overtones of Dove's "empowering" commercials of real women.

'These hearings have overtones of the 1950s,' said the star of the Lou Grant series, Ed Asner, 'and as they can't blow the whistle on the Commies anymore, they blow the whistle on people who snort.' Two Hollywood names withdrew their agreement to testify before the committee.

Their tender braised beef shanks have overtones of bay leaf, fennel and anise.

So, "what is democracy?" And related, why, in the American context, did democracy have overtones of immensity?

The novel's title has overtones of equivocation, too.

ISLAMIC law, in many eyes, has overtones of rigid puritanism.

When I was growing up, not driving had overtones of New York hipness.

This tug of war has always had overtones of class warfare.

DAN WALSH Walsh is a painter, but his project has overtones of a conceptual crusade.

"Religious ecstasy has overtones of Catherine of Siena drinking the pus of lepers.