phrasal

Example Sentences

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Repetition has an indelible place in Black expressive culture: in the syncopated rhythms of jazz, the phrasal repetitions of the blues and the guttural moans of soul made meaningful by dint of remarkable vocal performances.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

The phrasal verb steadily shines as a dismissal, a damnation, and a barked call to attention—an essential caustic shade in the brilliant blue streaks of the dialogue.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 14, 2019

If anything, its fractured lines and phrasal salad are a sign that something’s suspiciously wrong and the message should be discarded.

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2013

“Vaguely,” I said, and conjured a man with a mischievous face who ignored me unless he needed help with phrasal verbs.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2012

The line length is now based on phrasal rhythm, and at other times on no discoverable principle except that of beginning a new line with some emphatic word.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin