phrasing
Example Sentences
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The phrasing is so concrete it feels almost documentary: something hidden becomes visible; something held still begins to move.
From Salon
In genteel phrasing, Ancora also alludes to the fact that Paramount would itself remain woefully undersized if it doesn’t merge with Warner.
He spent time in Ghana absorbing highlife's structure, horn phrasing, and dance-oriented arrangements before fusing it with jazz, funk, the rhythms of his own Yoruba people, and political storytelling.
From BBC
That middle-of-the-road phrasing is a result of the rising perils of wading into hot-button issues in recent years.
From Barron's
“You have a very interesting way of phrasing things.”
From Literature
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