idiomatic

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His posts on X in idiomatic American English have garnered wide attention and raised questions over who is actually writing them, given Ghalibaf is not known to be a fluent English speaker.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

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

“Signing is very idiomatic, it’s conveying concepts with your face and hands, so we ended up changing the script,” Barclay says.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

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

“Nix verstandt,” said another who had been taunting her in idiomatic English all morning.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith