locution

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2026

The New Hampshire Democrat, who got elected six years ago by a margin of just 1,017 votes, uses an unmistakably New England locution to describe her state’s voters: “Wicked independent.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2022

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

Borrow was shy, eccentric, angular, rustic in accent and in locution, but with a charm for me, at least, that was irresistible. 

From Old Familiar Faces by Watts-Dunton, Theodore