How do you use Phrase in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like expression or dance, plus the exact meaning.
Phrase in a sentence
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Phrase meaning
- A short written or spoken expression.
- A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.
- A small section of music in a larger piece.
Synonyms of Phrase
Example sentences (20)
If Guyana’s the “Land of Six Peoples”, a thousand ideological flowers bloomed even before Mao thought of the phrase!
He criticised the use of the term “the blob”, a phrase deployed often by some Tory MPs to attack Whitehall officials.
Also, it turns out that experts say that global warming is, to coin a phrase from baseball lingo, “juicing home runs”!
And after all of Dr. Frankenstein's hard work pays off, he exclaims a simple phrase in both disbelief and celebration.
An office worker who is frustrated by the photocopier may direct a salty phrase or two at no one but a machine.
As attendees arrive in droves to the Danish capital, the phrase "every street's a catwalk" could not be truer.
Allies of Cummings insist he never used the phrase, but it was seen within Whitehall as a declaration of war.
Indeed, Hitler frequently used the phrase 'blood poisoning' to refer to the supposed threat posed by other ethnic groups.
He suggested that we modify a phrase that is heard frequently on St. Patrick’s Day, about how everyone is Irish on the day.
He said: "In terms of priorities, it will be for us regeneration, regeneration, regeneration to coin a phrase from the past.
Does the phrase — usually following two startling knocks on the door — fill you with happiness or dread?
Anchors can include the breath, a mantra or phrase such as “I am here now”, or an image, like a candle flame (real or digital).
If a phrase incorporates a letter from one among your guesses however it’s within the mistaken place, it should seem in yellow.
I have often thought magazine writers practise a secret prosody, marrying a specific turn of phrase to a specific turn of mind.
According to Wikipedia, the phrase has been in use since at lease the middle of the twentieth century.
By using the phrase "Would you kindly," he is able to control Jack and use him to eventually kill his arch nemesis, Andrew Ryan.
Charlamagne couldn’t believe the anchor had been fired over the phrase and even suggested she might not know what it truly meant.
For many, the phrase “how difficult can it be” uttered after a few drinks could be famous last words.
Giving evidence, Ms Beck accepted her conduct had been "unprofessional", hence why she removed the phrase from her own documents.
He continued by acknowledging the phrase “remodelling in light of climate change” which had been used in a previous Council meeting.
Common combinations with phrase
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the phrase 108×
- phrase that 12×
- phrase from 10×
- phrase is 9×
- this phrase 8×
- noun phrase 8×
- that phrase 7×
- phrase and 7×
- or phrase 7×
- phrase in 5×
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About these examples
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