locution

Example Sentences

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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

In “Going Nucular,” he discussed the use of “was like” by young people as a replacement for “says” or “said” — a modern-day locution that drives grammatical purists mad.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2020

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

The locution of which we have made use—passed to the state of—has been condemned as a neologism by M. Royer Collard.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence