idiom

Example Sentences

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He said it was a "sign of validation" to achieve recognition with a story "deeply rooted in its own idiom".

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

Cazzu hails from the province of Jujuy, miles away from the musical snobbery that plagues much of Buenos Aires, and her genuine investment in a pan-Latino idiom is contagious.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Also: It is “a living thing, and like the adoption of a new word, phrase or idiom, each innovation made money more useful; the more useful it was, the more used it became.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Or, to use a Chinese idiom: kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Handel, though, not only represented a musical amalgam of European styles during his lifetime; he also bequeathed to the next generation of composers a non-parochial, universal idiom that was venerated and built upon.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall