Sentence examples for topical reference from inspiring English sources

Sharp-edged humor relies on topical reference points.

Scotland (another topical reference) did not reform its poor law until 1845.

There is the occasional topical reference: three of the six performers have jokes about the high price of gas.

Too many directors, in tackling classic works, fall into the tinkering trap: a topical reference here, a knowing sleight of hand there.

The Sopranos dipped their toes into Westchester recently with a topical reference when A.J., the teenage scion, was AWOL at an under-age bash.

Even John's vision of a great mountain exploding is a topical reference to the recent eruption of Vesuvius, in C.E. 79.

With its topical references and reverse-gender casting, Kabuki was also politically loaded.

There are guns galore, some topical references, even an audience participation moment.

That's what's left of the art's critical edge, as topical references fade.

Those topical references, about Arabs and politicians and pop culture, usually fall flat.

Topical references have dated, but the spirit of resilience has not.