Sentence examples for mistaken connotations from inspiring English sources

While it would be hard to find a word dealt a greater injustice at the hands of the English language than "stoicism"— with its mistaken connotations of austerity and lack of emotion — in fact, nothing could be more necessary for our times than a good dose of Stoic philosophy.

Meanwhile, we are taken to suburban Croydon, where Vera, a devotee of romantic novels, lives with her unassuming bank-manager husband, Horace, and their "love child" (she mistakes the connotation of illegitimacy for one of passion), the "sneaky and melancholic" Esmond.

And remember, connotations evolve.

Not very nice connotations.

Because umlauts have connotations.

Words have connotations.

Its title had two connotations.

"All words have connotations".

It also has outdoorsy connotations.

Closets evoke other sinister connotations.

"Which obviously has political connotations.