locution

Example Sentences

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“I could be wrong but …” is the locution of the democratic citizen.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2026

And how about that use of "thumbing their noses"? With that aged locution, the good governor is, without doubt, speaking directly to his demographic.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

He slicked back his hair, slathered on Guerlain bronzer, donned dark sunglasses, pulled on a black turtleneck and adopted a Continental locution.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

It was his background as an educator that he credited for his repetitive locution style - or, as waggish journalists dubbed it, his "single transferable speech".

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2020

Do you remember a drawing of Mr. du Maurier's in Punch, wherein, seizing upon a locution of Miss Rhoda Broughton's, he gave us a group of "magnificently ugly" men?

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir