idiom

Example Sentences

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While Donna Veloce cost owner Kaleem Shah $800,000 at a 2-year-old sale earlier this year, the owners of British Idiom picked up the daughter of Flashback for “only” $40,000 at a yearling sale last October.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2019

She’s just joined British Idiom at the top of the betting, they are both showing at 5-2 with Wicked Whisper on 3-1 and Bast at 4-1.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

Keep an eye on: There’s a trio of fillies listed as 7-2 second choices: British Idiom, Bast and Wicked Whisper.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2019

One company, Idiom, promotes a system it calls Lingtwistics, which, according to its website, is an algorithm that “deconstructs these naming ingredients, then reassembles them in unexpected ways.”

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2015

Idiom refers to the construction of phrases and sentences, and the way of forming or using words; it is the peculiar mold in which each language casts its thought.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin