idiomatic

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Headlined by conductor Marco Armiliato, soprano Lisette Oropesa as the heroine Elvira and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her beloved Arturo, this was a musically idiomatic and expressive traversal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

I was confident I was being scammed in some way but the idiomatic language and contextual knowledge of Westminster was unsettling.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

Added Fraction: “Even if we spoke Japanese as a second language, that idiomatic stuff is the hardest thing to get.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Fairy tales, idiomatic expressions, warrior tales all amplified human fear, and led to the systematic extermination of wolves across Britain and Europe.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

“It’s an idiomatic piece of the language. That means—” “I know what an idiom is,” Wilem interrupted.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss