Sentence examples for most oblique reference from inspiring English sources

The film makes only the most oblique reference to Chinese-Tibetan strife.

Not so long ago, his eldest son's stump speeches had only the most oblique reference to him, a line about the Texas governor being the beneficiary of "some pretty good training" for the office he was seeking.

Mr. Cuomo, in his remarks announcing Mr. McCall's appointment, made only the most oblique reference to their onetime rivalry, noting that he had known Mr. McCall for many years and had been "on both sides of the table" with him.

And even though he himself made only the most oblique of references to it, I was reminded just how overblown and demented the whole Sachsgate saga became.

He described Iran and Turkey as brotherly regional powers and said they agreed on most issues, an oblique reference to at least two areas of disagreement: Turkey's support for the uprising in Syria, and Turkey's support for a NATO missile shield designed to thwart Iranian missiles.

Unbeknownst to most of the students, Kennedy was making an oblique reference to one of the most contentious issues in constitutional law.

The most fruitful so far seems to be an oblique reference to Taylor Swift, with whom Fey and Amy Poehler had a spat at the Golden Globes in 2013.

Jones's latest ad references the allegations only in the vaguest, most oblique way.

On this visit, though, Mr. Obama conspicuously failed to mention housing, aside from an oblique reference to Nevada's having "been through tougher times than most states".

Meanwhile, the set's most infamous emoji depicts intercourse between a disembodied thumb and a derriere: an oblique reference to Future's song Stick Talk that contains the lyric: "I'ma put my thumb in her butt".

But in a possible oblique reference, he said "armed conflicts have always made women suffer the most".