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Example sentences for: saying

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Finally, the words of a well-known saying may be transposed, or the entire phrase may be contracted to create new meanings:
I'm not sure what it means that this remark is quoted without comment in the new anthology that commemorates 100 years of the New York Times Book Review . Wilson was saying the Times book section was relentlessly dull.
The Times paraphrased DeLay as saying that his "plan" would "force President Clinton to pay for any additional spending requests out of the Social Security surplus."
But the NYT quotes her saying "I will not be able to say that the path to agreement is clear or that success is in sight" before having to leave to report back to President Clinton.
Soon afterward, he recanted his confession, saying that he had transported the suspected murder weapon to Memphis on behalf of a man named "Raoul," but did not shoot King.