locution

Example Sentences

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“I could be wrong but …” is the locution of the democratic citizen.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2026

If the locution “hard-boiled” had not already been coined it would be necessary to coin it now to describe the characters of Dashiell Hammett’s latest detective story.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

And how about that use of "thumbing their noses"? With that aged locution, the good governor is, without doubt, speaking directly to his demographic.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

It was his background as an educator that he credited for his repetitive locution style - or, as waggish journalists dubbed it, his "single transferable speech".

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2020

The correlatives of that locution appear in other languages.

From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Duer, Douglas