Sentence examples for play alludes from inspiring English sources

The title of Ms. Groff's play alludes to one of Levin's other claims to fame, as the author of a book and play of the same name about the Leopold and Loeb murder, which in turn was made into a movie starring Orson Welles.

The play alludes to the 1731 trial of Father Girard, a Jesuit tried for using magic during an attempted seduction/rape of a young girl.

As an example of how impossible it is to imagine Bacon or Oxford writing the plays, he alludes to the brilliant detail, from the history plays, of the nuisance problem of fleas breeding in the corners of taverns where men have been pissing.

To be fair, Mark Teixeira, the solid Yankee who legged his way from first to home on the play, did allude to a slight wind that carried the high, drifting pop-up by Alex Rodriguez.

In Bhavabhuti's 8th-century play Mahaviracharita, which alludes to Ahalya's redemption in a verbal spat with Parashurama, Satananda is mocked as the son of Ahalya, the adulteress.

"Today was probably the easiest it'll ever play," Ko said, alluding to the relatively benign weather in the morning.

But in realistically depicting the sordid events to which the play's characters allude, the film diminishes their mythical hold on our imaginations.

"That's fine because we get together with Linus and the kids can play," he said, alluding to the fact that both men have 3-year-old daughters.

In his televised, 22-minute speech, Mr. Hussein said that "the forces of evil" -- a play on words alluding to Mr. Bush's inclusion of Iraq as being part of an "axis of evil" -- would "die in disgraceful failure" if Iraq is attacked.

It is probable that she read the original draft of the play, which is alluded to in the dedication.

There is the matter of the tribunal he must face on his return, convened after he physically disciplined a child and further overshadowed by possible allegations of racism; the "playing on websites" that alludes darkly to a gambling habit veering out of control; and his unease and silence in the face of Em's plans to have children.