paraphrase
Example Sentences
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To paraphrase an old saying, the friend of my enemy is my enemy.
To paraphrase Homer Simpson, “It’s sad ‘cause it’s true.”
From Los Angeles Times
The art that he created there embodies a kind of deconstructed narcissism; Samaras is fascinated with himself, but mostly as—to paraphrase the photographer Garry Winogrand’s choice of subjects—“something to be photographed.”
It paraphrased him as saying that not everything that was being written was true.
From Barron's
Sayers praised the art underlying the artifice, paraphrasing Aristotle on the practice of literary deception.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
