Sample sentences for CONNOTATION

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Definition

a suggested idea or feeling that goes beyond something's primary meaning — for example determined and stubborn have similar literal meanings, but stubborn suggests that someone is unreasonable

We had to fight the connotations that come with hip-hop, like gangs, shootings and drugs. People don't see what a vibrant life force there is in hip-hop.
James Buckley

I told you that was too primitive a word, without the correct connotations.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time

connotations = suggested ideas or feelings that goes beyond something's primary meaning

Wiccans still use the term "witch;" though it as a negative connotation to most people.
By word and sound, to Jerry, "Mister Haggin" had the same connotation that "God" has to God-worshipping humans.
London, Jack -- Jerry of the Islands
The brand now has a negative connotation.
I don't want to give it a larger connotation than it deserves, for Sophie and Nathan had fled faith.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
—The connotation of the word, Stephen said, is rather vague.
James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The liturgy also uses it in its later Russian connotation of lust' and Vice.'
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
They had been diverted from their hereditary connotation to signify impressions for which Nature did not intend them.
Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
You could say, Wassup? to ask how somebody is, or the term phat, which has very positive connotations.
Robert MacNeil and William Crane -- Do You Speak American?
To me the word has a negative connotation.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent
I originally called it "The Best Failure Award," but failure has so many negative connotations that students couldn't get past the word itself.
Randy Pausch -- The Last Lecture
The word "Catholic" obviously had a negative connotation for Pastor Falk.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Thus the U.S. initials with a dual connotation.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
"Project Elrond" had taken on a dark connotation throughout the Space Center, veiled in secrecy.
Andy Weir -- The Martian
The closest English equivalent would be 'incantation,' but this has a number of incorrect connotations.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
I would have wanted you for eternity, even when the word didn't have quite the same connotations.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
Suddenly the word had a new and immediate connotation.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
They're called shells, which is a slightly derogatory connotation on Luna, so .... well, bioelectrically challenged doesn't sound much better, does it?"
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
Living off of beans is proper English, which brings with it the connotation of higher society, accepted standards, and the status quo.
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby

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