"reference" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This will be immediately rebutted by the incumbent's derisive reference to "campaign rhetoric," if not in the same news story, then in the next day's edition.
- Uruguay's victory became known as "Maracanazo," a derisive reference to the giant soccer stadium.
- I heard derisive references to "copers," patients who chose the nonsurgical alternative of allowing the muscles around the knee to slowly strengthen.
- On Tuesday night, amid the laughter and cheering that accompanied Ms. Brawley's return to the spotlight, only derisive references to the grand jury report could be heard.
- The term "Suzy Homemaker" has become part of American culture, used as a derisive reference to any woman with habits linked to stereotypical domestic activities traditionally done by women.
- At one point he slighted Mr. Hussein with a derisive reference to how he was captured on Saturday, hiding in an underground bunker.
- On July 28, 2012, several members of T-ARA made public tweets that were purportedly seen to be derisive references to Hwayoung.
- Each derisive reference to "the Communists" and the dangers of a German lurch leftward raised applause.
- (Nevins was making a derisive reference to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, an anti-Kerry organization.)
- This was a derisive reference to the increasing commercialization of Dalí's work, and the perception that Dalí sought self-aggrandizement through fame and fortune.
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