paraphrase
Example Sentences
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The art that he created there embodies a kind of deconstructed narcissism; Samaras is fascinated with himself, but mostly as—to paraphrase the photographer Garry Winogrand’s choice of subjects—“something to be photographed.”
It paraphrased him as saying that not everything that was being written was true.
From Barron's
Sayers praised the art underlying the artifice, paraphrasing Aristotle on the practice of literary deception.
I’m paraphrasing, but he tells his son something to the extent of — James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, those are yours.
From Los Angeles Times
To paraphrase the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign, it’s the fundamentals, stupid.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
