"clever" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His address at the conclusion of that year's commencement exercises was "witty, pathetic, and fully of clever allusions" according to the New York Times.
- Fans whoop or applaud for a great solo, or laugh at a clever allusion; toes tap, heads bob.
- Their major contribution is in their use of the power of suggestion through clever allusions.
- Her on-stage gyrations and clever allusions to physics keep audiences of specialists roaring with laughter.
- "Zentropa" is so self-conscious in making reference to film history that it is a virtual grab-bag of familiar moods and clever allusions.
- That's a clever allusion to a beloved Broadway classic, but "Striking 12" is by no means a traditional book musical.
- (At one point, she is shown tied to a chair and wearing a catcher's mask, a less than clever allusion to Anthony Hopkins's hockey gear in "Silence of the Lambs.")
- With some courageous exceptions, "official" writers had to be content with the minor, Aesopian art of sneaking clever allusions past the censor.
- The star pattern on the carpet is a clever allusion to the taped marks that dancers use as reference points.
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