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.