chapter and verse
Example Sentences
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Jordan Fox took one for the team and laid out, chapter and verse, all the court orders this office had violated.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
I responded with chapter and verse, pointing to the repeated use of the word “retirement” by Perkins and Witte.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025
You'll have probably read chapter and verse about it and seen all the various angles.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024
They were keyed to chapter and verse, and by the end of the century, page numbers came into use.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
The family split up and Minnie was raised by a grandmother who can quote the Bible chapter and verse and drives a beat-up Cadillac with a CB radio in it.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
