Phrased is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Phrased meaning
simple past and past participle of phrase
Using Phrased
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of phrase
- In the example corpus, phrased often appears in combinations such as: phrased in, phrased as, phrased it.
Context around Phrased
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phrased
- In this selection, "phrased" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, commonly, carefully, passively, request, sentence and less stand out and add context to how "phrased" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a carefully phrased request for and are commonly phrased in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phrased" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phrased
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Republican questions posed to Mueller were often phrased in the double negative. (13 words)
I am wondering why this tweet is phrased so precisely as to be completely true. (15 words)
I phrased this prediction in a way that made it very unlikely to be wrong. (15 words)
As plugged-in Rangers beat writer Larry Brooks subtly phrased it over the weekend: “Repeat after me: N-o-t G-o-i-n-g A-n-y-w-h-e-r-e”. (33 words)
Most of the public discussion at City Hall around this topic has been phrased in “reform” rather than “transforming and re-imagining public safety” and “defund and re-invest” terms. (30 words)
Finally, on August 25, Tributs went over Voroshilov’s head and submitted a carefully phrased request for instructions to Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai G. Kuznetsov. (27 words)
I've been asked this question before, but phrased as, do I think we were worth it? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
These generalized statements are phrased to apply to a broader class of systems, and they are phrased to incorporate weaker consistency assumptions.
Conversely, that could be phrased as which players do you do the deal for no matter the asking price.
He has forced the LDP into an almost panicked response to his unpleasant ideas which he phrased in a very unpleasant way.
I've been asked this question before, but phrased as, do I think we were worth it?
Sackings in football are commonly phrased in the same sentence as cliches such as "on the beach next week" and "hefty pay-offs".
Finally, on August 25, Tributs went over Voroshilov’s head and submitted a carefully phrased request for instructions to Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai G. Kuznetsov.
I am wondering why this tweet is phrased so precisely as to be completely true.
I phrased this prediction in a way that made it very unlikely to be wrong.
It’s a conspicuously passively phrased sentence for the laying off of 15 staff members because of the Sussexes’s own decision.
Most of the public discussion at City Hall around this topic has been phrased in “reform” rather than “transforming and re-imagining public safety” and “defund and re-invest” terms.
Mr. Davis says if given a second opportunity to ask the question, Ms. Burton said she would have phrased it differently.
Muscat’s reply “none of your business” to the journalist, could have been phrased less arrogantly, according to the commissioner.
Appearing later at the Henley Literary Festival, Brand said she was “happy” with how she had phrased the joke.
Maybe the way it was phrased was a little tougher than usual, but we- come home.
The Republican questions posed to Mueller were often phrased in the double negative.
While I may have phrased some of my content differently today, I stand by my words.
Again, this isn’t an outlandish position for any destructively protectionist administration, it’s just getting phrased like a petulant child.
As plugged-in Rangers beat writer Larry Brooks subtly phrased it over the weekend: “Repeat after me: N-o-t G-o-i-n-g A-n-y-w-h-e-r-e”.
For Anglicans and Protestants, the situation is more complicated and Catholic church law requires that they “manifest Catholic faith in this sacrament,” as the directory phrased it.
Had Acosta phrased his question in a more neutral tone, he likely would have had more information for his audience to digest.
Common combinations with phrased
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- phrased in 8×
- phrased as 4×
- phrased it 4×
- are phrased 2×
- phrased to 2×
- be phrased 2×
- is phrased 2×
- been phrased 2×
- have phrased 2×
- phrased his 2×