phraseology

Example Sentences

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To use his own phraseology: “Would it were so.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The victim's mother, a college teacher, recognised the letter's writing style and phraseology as that of a colleague, Meher, a former principal she had replaced.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

“As Michelle points out, she’s 86, you know, and sometimes trying to get the right phraseology when we’re talking about issues, Michelle is like, ‘That’s like her trying to learn Spanish,’” he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2022

In Brandstein, Kaufman and Samuels' capable hands, the documentary maintains a laser-like focus on love — "the word known to all men," in the phraseology of James Joyce, one of Lennon's literary idols.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022

Adopting the phraseology of the neighborhood, he referred to his Brooklyn internship as going through Purgatory, when he wrote to his socially prominent fiancée in Boston.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith