idiom

Example Sentences

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These are full-throated, demonstrative singers well practiced in the idioms of contemporary American opera, singers of our place and time.

From Los Angeles Times

In the process of making sense of those tales, “Wolfish” collects wolf-related idioms from across languages.

From Washington Post

Contrary to what ambitious young artists were doing at the time, she threw herself into the artistic idiom.

From New York Times

I've been brought up within the jazz idiom in terms of my education, so it was really special for me to incorporate the sounds that I've grown up with, like dub and calypso.

From BBC

“Breaking the idiom into its individual parts yields a literal translation of ‘head bashed, blood flowing,’ ” the report said.

From Washington Times