phrases
Example Sentences
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“Rollins hates clichés and signature phrases — ‘licks’ — and refuses to play them,” critic Stanley Crouch wrote in the New Yorker in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Children often learn the order of the planets in our Solar System using quirky memory phrases like "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos."
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
It’s full of decorative phrases like “the stubborn verb of living” that sound “poetic” but do no work.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"BTS taught me to love myself," Ana said as she went through the pages of an album with photos of the band members and motivational phrases on the back.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
He still loves to tell stories from his youth living in America, particularly the moments that English words and phrases got lost in translation.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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