locution

Example Sentences

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I kept a list of such locutions as I was reading — an “index of themes,” to borrow the title of the opening poem.

From Los Angeles Times

An awkward locution, but it appeases the sensitivity police.

From Washington Post

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

These locutions clutter Seymour’s book, especially since what we do know of Rhys’s life and career is, if not encyclopedic, a good deal.

From New York Times

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