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Example sentences for: phrase

How can you use “phrase” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Robert W. Burchfield, the longtime editor of the Oxford English Dictionary , treats the phrase with magisterial derision in The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (1996)--he dismisses it as "one of the ignoble clichés introduced into the language in the 20c.
A front-page article ended in the phrase, Premier Peterson said that in order to after which the notice SEE P. A16 was inserted, and on page A16 the sentence was indeed completed as promised: balance the budget, expectations would have to be lowered.
Oxymoron means a phrase that contrasts opposites for a literary effect, e.g., a deafening silence.
The speaker's words should never be changed; that is, arse ought not be substituted for ass or vice versa and, if an explanation of an unfamiliar word or phrase is required, it ought to be supplied, even if this must be relegated to a footnote.
At a senior citizens' rally last fall, he used the magic phrase three times.