catchphrase

Example Sentences

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The president’s catchphrase, after all, was “You’re fired.”

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

"Peace and love," he says, a soothing catchphrase often used by the 85-year-old music legend who looks, moves and sings like a much younger man.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

"We've always encouraged people to have a break with KitKat," a spokesperson for the brand said, referring to its catchphrase.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Through Valerie, Kudrow slyly performs our terminal habit of downgrading devastating developments to champagne problems, merrily chirping her character’s catchphrase, “How’s that?”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

"McCarthyism" became a catchphrase for the hunt for communist subversives, a frenzy that would engulf the United States for the rest of the 1950s.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau