Sentence examples for indirect reference from inspiring English sources

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"indirect reference" is a correct and usable term in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to something without naming it explicitly. For example, you might say "He made an indirect reference to their past argument".

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Ms. Hanover's only indirect reference to her husband was one knowing sentence.

This was an indirect reference to Lord Alfred Douglas, who had been Wilde's lover.

Mr. Lazio has said he will continue to make trust, an indirect reference to the White House scandals, a theme.

In fact, the convention only includes an indirect reference to climate change in its fifth article.

In both experiments, haploid controls served as an indirect reference for paternal DNA inactivation.

I think the problem is in describing an allusion as "an indirect reference," which makes it shadowy as an illusion.

The former Florida governor made an indirect reference to his brother George W. Bush's presidency, saying: "I have a personal connection to this.

Perry Duryea, the leader of the Republican minority in the State Assembly, made an indirect reference to Reagan's "coyness about announcing his candidacy".

The last time Mr. Hevesi made an indirect reference to Mr. Giuliani in an ad, Mr. Giuliani went on the attack, drawing attention to Mr. Hevesi's campaign.

I excluded things like "industry" and "trucks" as too generic and also excluded those merely hinted at (as when Obama made an indirect reference to drone warfare).

But in what sounded like an indirect reference to the issue, he spoke of the church's teachings on forgiveness.

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