locution
Example Sentences
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“I could be wrong but …” is the locution of the democratic citizen.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026
Mark Keenum, Mississippi State University’s president, says that although additional revenue will be “available” — a curious locution — the motivation is more opportunity for participation by the student-athletes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
If the locution “hard-boiled” had not already been coined it would be necessary to coin it now to describe the characters of Dashiell Hammett’s latest detective story.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
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
But we may safely conclude that Macaulay knew much better than his editor how to turn a sentence, or when the use of a French locution was desirable for ends of literary effect.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
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"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
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