phrase

[freɪz]

Definition:
1. A group of words which have a particular meaning when used together.
2. To say or write something in a particular way.

Use 'phrase' in a sentence:

1. Who coined the phrase 'desktop publishing'?
2. What does the underlined phrase "calm down" mean in Chinese?
3. He used a phrase I hate: 'You have to be cruel to be kind.'
4. There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it.
5. We bought a Danish phrase book.
6. Milton is also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.
7. I agree with what he says, but I'd have phrased it differently.
8. In the phrase 'you are', the verb 'are' is in the second person and the word 'you' is a second-person pronoun.
9. Which phrase shows the change of lifestyle?
10. Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam.
11. The phrase is loaded with irony.
12. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
13. The phrase was not meant to be taken seriously.
14. Let students know how to use the new phrase "be allowed to" and "be not allowed to".
15. A writer spends many hours going over and over a scene—changing a phrase here, a word there.
16. Many phrases in the last two chapters echo earlier passages.
17. The meanings we associate with the phrase will change accordingly.
18. Sorry, but I still don't quite understand that phrase.
19. Don't worry about the grammar, just learn this as a set phrase.
20. She thought in both languages, and selected the most apposite phrase from either.
21. This phrase serves as a connecting link between the preceding and the following.
22. The phrasing of the question was vague.
23. She played with the word, "metal", and the French phrase, "femme fatale".
24. Sorry, I phrased that badly.
25. How often do you start a tale of fame and fortune, comedy, or tragedy with this phrase?
26. You've probably heard the phrase "Birds of a feather flock together" and that's true when it comes to romance.
27. In the sentence 'I spoke to the driver of the car', 'the driver of the car' is a noun phrase.
28. Rose's stories weren't bad; she had a nice turn of phrase.
29. These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases.
30. The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying.
31. It is impossible to hypnotise someone simply by saying a particular word or phrase.
32. This phrase comes from bakers' old custom of adding one extra loaf to an order of a dozen.
33. If she feels uncomfortable in any way, she is to mutter out loud the phrase, "I hope I'm not getting a cold."
34. There are some very obvious phrases that we all know or certainly should know better than to use.
35. Please fill in the blank at the end of the text with a proper word or phrase.
36. But the phrase "penny paper" caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.
37. "Tennis" is the object of the verb "play" in the phrase "play tennis".
38. He used a phrase I hate: "You have to be cruel to be kind."
39. The phrase means to fix something with glue.
40. Polly tried to think how to phrase the question.
41. Chanson poems became popular in Europe, particularly in France, and the term is actually short for a longer French phrase.
42. Some phrases in the contract are open to interpretation.
43. Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.
44. While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases.
45. Of course, when the phrase melting pot was popular, there was also the idea of being "different".
46. A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering.
47. This phrase may well have been a rendering of a popular Arabic expression.
48. She was, in her own favourite phrase, 'a woman without a past'.
49. The Italian phrase can be rendered as 'I did my best'.
50. A phrase jumped out at me in a piece about copyright.
51. I would have phrased it quite differently.
52. The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
53. In the phrase 'Paris, the capital of France', 'the capital of France' is in apposition to 'Paris'.
54. The phrasing of the report is ambiguous.
55. a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says sth that is generally true, for example Waste not, want not.
56. Her order was phrased as a suggestion.
57. While doing extensive reading, you don't have to puzzle over every single word or phrase in the passage.