phrases

Example Sentences

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“Rollins hates clichés and signature phrases — ‘licks’ — and refuses to play them,” critic Stanley Crouch wrote in the New Yorker in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Right now, the phrases being used are 'undisclosed fee' and 'Rangers paid the required amount'.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Children often learn the order of the planets in our Solar System using quirky memory phrases like "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos."

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

"BTS taught me to love myself," Ana said as she went through the pages of an album with photos of the band members and motivational phrases on the back.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The phrases “saddles on their backs” and “a favored few, booted and spurred” had been lifted from a famous speech delivered by Col.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis