How to Use connotation in a Sentence
connotation
noun
- For many people, the word “fat” has negative connotations.
- The word “childlike” has connotations of innocence.
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The connotation matters and the translation appears to miss the mark.
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Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
5 Oct. 2021
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Others took issue with the connotations of using the word atheism in the title of the chair.
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Isabel Fattal,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2018
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In the past, some of those awards might have had a negative connotation.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Oct. 2023
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Maybe there's a bit of a negative connotation with the word….
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Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
5 Apr. 2021
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Nowadays, the word still refers to a temporary place to live, but the connotation is far grander.
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Kristin Tablang,
House Beautiful,
20 Apr. 2022
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While the margin of victory was slim, the connotations were great.
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SI.com,
4 Nov. 2019
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That term could take on a more literal connotation between the white lines.
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Gabe Lacques,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2020
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To some degree, the use of a horn when in traffic has a similar connotation.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
1 Sep. 2021
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Their name may have hellish connotation, but the Speed Demons got their start in church.
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Sarah Nelson,
The Indianapolis Star,
2 Sep. 2021
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Elite — a word that carries a stark contrast in connotation to that of an upset.
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Jeremy Price,
The Indianapolis Star,
28 Mar. 2021
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The green graphic top was shot on a black child model and the Internet has gone crazy over the connotations of such a shoot.
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Avery Matera,
Teen Vogue,
8 Jan. 2018
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Not everyone shows up to a date and leaves in disgust, even though that’s the connotation that comes with first dates.
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Lindsay Wigo,
Teen Vogue,
22 Sep. 2017
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The concept of the U-turn is a very negative connotation.
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National Geographic,
21 May 2017
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Why then has the word refugee acquired such negative connotations in our times?
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Angelina Jolie,
Time,
19 June 2019
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But now, trips to the Southwest have had more of a 'getaway' connotation.
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Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2022
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And the obvious thing is the word itself carries connotation.
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The New York Times,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2016
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What are your thoughts on the negative connotation of ketamine?
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Amy Rosner,
Peoplemag,
11 Sep. 2023
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And a string of recent home sales and listings is throttling this island’s wealth connotation to new heights.
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Cameron Sperance,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2022
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There are also so many connotations of shoes around that period, with her dancing in the movie too.
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Stacey Wilson Hunt,
Fortune,
24 Jan. 2020
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But for these dancers, the sensation of dancing on earth has other connotations as well.
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Marina Harss,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2023
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The word still had a broadly positive connotation then.
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Roger Cohen,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2023
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Many of them don't think the drug carries deeply negative connotations.
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Gary Robbins,
Anchorage Daily News,
17 Jan. 2018
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Or at least not a footnote with a negative connotation.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Oct. 2020
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There’s a negative connotation that potentially the run is fake, the coin is being pumped and the price will crash.
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Nellie Bowles,
New York Times,
27 June 2018
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Some of those things have much scarier connotations than Nimona and her pink.
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Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 July 2023
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And while a man cave has a specific connotation, a Ken Den doesn’t have to conform to the norms.
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Maggie Gillette,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2023
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The West also has cultural and racial connotations of course.
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Joshua Keating,
Washington Post,
9 June 2023
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Any horror that works for me has, one some level, a social connotation.
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Drew Fortune,
Esquire,
1 Mar. 2017
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