Sentence examples for overt and implied from inspiring English sources

Alexis Allan, group product manager for the alliance's residential sector, said the overt and implied peer pressure has sent a clear message to potential buyers: "I've upgraded my house and now it's time to upgrade yours".

Let me add one more hypothesis: although everyone makes fun of political correctness, I'd argue that decades of pressure on public figures and the media have helped drive both overt and strongly implied racism out of our national discourse.

Lurking danger and implied brutality.

And much of that originates in parental imperatives, whether overt or implied.

The comparison with Mr. Gore, never overt, is implied.

The term "pre-diabetes" has become well established and implies a risk of progression to overt diabetes.

Cartoon Network had no specific editing policy with regard to gay characters, but that "overt sexuality or implied sexuality of any kind are not allowed".

One could deny access with no overt justification, implying that disclosing the precise ground for denial would be equivalent to disclosing the document's very content.

Decreased attenuation on HRCT was reported from lobes without overt bronchiectasis, implying that small airway disease precedes development of bronchiectasis [ 29], a phenomenon well recognized in obliterative bronchiolitis due to cystic fibrosis and adenovirus infection [ 25, 30].

For the audiences of the 1930's, the identification was bitter if not tragic, and the implied or even overt alienation from social institutions was quite genuine.

This means, to me, that it can be implied as well as overt, and that it can be made through third parties.