phrase
Example Sentences
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Jack is so blustery, so loudly and quickly dismissive of Priya’s good ideas, that the phrase “doth protest too much” springs to mind.
From Los Angeles Times
Sometimes, her lyrics seem like a collage of overheard phrases rather than a deliberately constructed narrative.
The amended indictment, released on Saturday, only includes the phrase twice and now describes it as a “patronage system” and removed the explicit reference that these officials are literal members of the cartel.
From Salon
Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” popularized the term in the late ’70s, and by the next decade, it was a household phrase.
From Salon
The phrase is cartoonish, but the ideology is deadly serious.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
