Alludes

//əˈluːdz//

"Alludes" in a Sentence (7 examples)

The article alludes to an event now forgotten.

His letter alludes to the event.

The massive spider seen crawling across the sky on a glowing web is pure fiction, but the concept alludes to something called the cosmic web, which is the large-scale organization of matter and dark matter in the universe: Thin filaments of normal matter and dark matter connect clusters of galaxies, like roadways between major cities.

I guess that Jabba the Hutt in the Star Wars franchise alludes to the fat Maitreya Buddha.

My unfinished conlang prototype is Weena, which would have tentatively 80 sinograms and a complement of phonograms. Weena would be minimalistically like a bonsai of Japanese, with the intent of encapsulating the calligraphic tradition of the Far East. The name alludes to an Eloi character in The Time Machine franchise of H.G. Wells.

Like Christianity and Judaism, Islam is a so-called Abrahamic religion. Muslims, as Islamic people are called, repudiate Christianity's Trinity which alludes to polytheism. Islam is strictly monotheistic as they believe that there is only One God, Allāh. Their sacred writings are in the Qur'an, divided into 114 suras, containing 6236 āyāt, verses. Muslims believe that the Qur'an is only perfect in the original Arabic because any translation would be deficient. Their main prophet is Muhammad, the messenger. Muslim eschatology includes bodily resurrection at the Day of Resurrection, Yawm al-Qiyāmah, when everyone will be judged for good or bad deeds. Trials and tribulation precede and coincide with al-Qiyāmah, the time of which no human knows. (I read somewhere too that in Islam, being in hell may be an impermanent condition.) Like other Abrahamicists, Muslims believe in angels. Muslims believe in predestination or divine preordainment. Muslims must pray 5 times during the day. The prayer rituals are called Ṣalāh. Like other religions, Islam has subdivisions, as the Sunni and Shia, the contention being the successor, Abu Bakr or Ali respectively, to Muhammad. (The Islamic religion's progression and overall ambiance are depicted in Frank Herbert's Dune series, which is set thousands of years from now in outer space. There is a desert planet called Arrakis.)

My T-shirt says "¡Las estrellas son Australias!" (The stars are Australias). The motto alludes to my idea that outer space is full of potential human colonies on moons, planets, and other celestial bodies—the future space exploration and colonization. I compare the potential future to the savage wilds of bygone Australia or the Old Wild West of the Americas. Granted that the human body might be too fragile for deep space, future technologies could help—extended life, transhumanism, AI, etc.

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