paraphrase
Example Sentences
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To paraphrase William Faulkner about the South, the past is never dead in Southern California — it isn’t even past.
From Los Angeles Times
But fundamentally, it’s a love story — boys meet boys, boys lose boys, boys get boys, to paraphrase the old Hollywood formula.
From Los Angeles Times
At once a reminder to revisit familiar books and a prompt to read new ones, “Worlds of Wonder” is a charmer that, to paraphrase Aristotle, is more than the sum of its parts.
She made a comment, and I’m paraphrasing, but something along the lines of, if you want to just talk about stuff or message stuff, maybe Congress isn’t the place for you.
From Salon
To paraphrase, it isn’t about getting knocked down, it’s about getting back up.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
