Garos's voice carried overtones of insincerity, as it always did.

The cartoon-like nature of the piece carried political and social overtones.

And when his name was chanted, it did not seem to carry overtones of defiance.

From any other woman the words would have carried coquettish overtones, but there were none such here.

That horror must also be in the boys' nerves, even though English words carried so few overtones for them.

The stand taken by the chaebol leaders carries strong political overtones.

With opposing votes coming from Democrats, the action also carried partisan overtones.

It was an image of the cocaine-user that carried acute racial overtones.

That carried very nasty overtones in its effects on morality.

That's a questionable reference at best, and one that carries negative racial overtones.