Sentence examples for making veiled references from inspiring English sources

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The director, Garry Marshall, tries to address this by making veiled references to Andrews' career history ("I've done a bit of flying in my time," says her character at one stage, nodding to Mary Poppins).

The pontiff — who won points in 2013 for compassionately saying, "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" — evaded the gay issue during his five-day US trip, instead making veiled references to how families and the institution of marriage were being "threatened, perhaps as never before".

Making veiled references to the C.I.A.'s drone campaign, the adviser, Douglas E. Lute, said at a security conference that the United States needed to escalate strikes in Pakistan to take advantage of the disarray within Al Qaeda's senior ranks.

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In it, he makes veiled references to his present activities.

When they are asked about striking a peace deal, they make veiled references to a renewal of ethnic strife.

Occasionally, if the political weather permits, candidates make veiled references to the continued house arrest of Green Movement leaders to rile supporters.

Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, and Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, did not attack Trump outright, but did make veiled references to his temperament.

While Miley Cyrus lit up a joint on stage and twerked with a dwarf, Katy Perry made veiled references to drugs and five-time nominee Justin Timberlake left empty-handed.

As diverse groups of tempting female characters come and go — two nymphs; three dolphins; four denizens of a brothel, all named Esmeralda; three mythical woman; and more — Mr. Rihm makes veiled references to Wagner's Rhine Maidens and Flower Maidens, Mozart's three women attendants to the Queen of the Night and the various comical nymphs who protect Strauss's Ariadne.

Their contact diminished, though, and Rachel started making veiled comments about her father to his family.

It's her party, she can do what she want -- just not make veiled drug references.

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