How To Use Paraphrase In A Sentence

The articles incorporated substantial sections of the Minute both in direct quotation and in paraphrase.
Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
I was hoping for a fight and a boxing match broke out, to paraphrase an old joke.
Walcott is a Nobel Prize winner who, to paraphrase Wordsworth, leaves trailing clouds of sexual harassment behind him where e'er he goes, at least in the 617 area code. When Will the Poetic Violence End?
I could never see Dr. Sofen making some crack about how she paraphrased "has to hurry back for some marathon sex with a dockhand. THUNDERBOLTS #111 Marvel Comics, 2007

It would be almost impossible to paraphrase any one of these. The Times Literary Supplement
To paraphrase the famous saying about individuals acting as their own solicitors, the patient who treats himself has a fool for a doctor. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Here's a paraphrase from memory of an instruction sheet that came with the main Swedish encyclopaedia back in the 90s. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
But when she isn't around, to paraphrase Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman, another belayer will do. A Match Made in Canada
I think it needs more in the way of paraphrase and/or annotation, which I hope Oxford University Press's forthcoming version of Durr's book on the cantatas will provide.
But, to paraphrase anold saying, how are you gonna keep her down on the farm when she’s gonedancing in gay Los Angel-eez? Sara Evans, 'Dancing,' and the politics of divorce | EW.com
If you let me paraphrase his own words - Caine is the most famous of Actors, but even though he is highly skilled, he couldn't do it without a fair amount of luck. Matthew Woodring Stover - Heroes Die (Book Review)
The Younger Edda is a prose paraphrase of, and commentary on, these poems and others which are lost, together with a treatise on metre, written by the historian The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12
Indeed, Digby, bravo on mastering the art of the paraphrase in mere weeks.
This structure of absence and intrusion corresponds to de Man's blend of quotation, paraphrase and commentary in Allegories of Reading.
I do not think the Professor's paraphrase exaggerates the spirit of the Senator's remarks. Harry Reid just called Chief Justice John Roberts a liar.
Rhetoric replaces poetry, it is true, and paraphrase dries up the freshness and the sparkle of the metaphor. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway
After all, to again paraphrase Reese in “Terminator”: The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan’s Memos for Justice Marshall
It's a text, it has to be said, that is not so much translated — Pound's Chinese "translations" are notoriously inaccurate, though accuracy as such was hardly the point — as derived, paraphrased, transmuted from the eighth-century source (by way of professors Fenollosa, Mori, and Ariga) into a new and startlingly powerful, startlingly alive, English poem. Ezra Pound, “Lament of the Frontier Guard”
They added to do evil (so the Chaldee paraphrase expounds it); they were old in adulteries, and obstinate. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
In favour, however, of the former view is the ordinary meaning of the word pleroma, the meaning of the phrase fulness of God, in other passages, the analogy of Scripture as exhibited in the parallel passages above quoted, and the simplicity of the interpretation, no paraphrase being necessary to bring out the sense. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians
That was my best paraphrase of all the CNA reports about the barrage.
To paraphrase Talleyrand, what's done is but little and that little is not good. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
I paraphrased it as referring to damnation, which is the way that most exegetes seem to understand the text.
The discovery that Diodorvs V contained a paraphrase of the same basic text gave an altogether different dimension to Posidonius' work.
The apparatus gives readings from several editions, the note gives clear paraphrases of the two originals, and a two-page long note reviews reasoning and approaches by all the major editors.
Typically, those are paraphrased into something we can understand, but this epithet, which is arguably worse in motive than those, gets printed.
The discovery that Diodorvs V contained a paraphrase of the same basic text gave an altogether different dimension to Posidonius' work.
a psalm from the dear old Scottish paraphrase, with its primitive inversion of the simple perfect Bible words; and a kind of precentor stood up, and, having sounded the note on a pitch-pipe, sang a couple of lines by way of indicating the tune; then all the congregation stood up, and sang aloud, Mr Bradshaw's great bass voice being half Ruth
The first role is the “paraphraser,” who summarizes what was in the selection.
My first tastes of venison were much like Douglas 'mom, from deer that were killed on dog drives, gut shot, hauled around in pickups then, to paraphrase Tom Kelly, haggled into unidentifiable hunks of bloody gristle by a succession of drunks with rusty saws and hatchets. Beef or Venison: Which Tastes Better?
And so we paraphrased Trotsky rather than quoting him directly.
We could paraphrase St. Augustine as he described the importance of justice to a nation in "The City Of God. Another Army-Navy Game, Another Perspective
Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
* That quote was a paraphrase from a graduate level textbook on evolutionary biology! Crossroads
The interviews were taped, transcribed, and translated: the texts should be considered as paraphrases.
Words in quotation marks are verbatim quotes from the hearing; all others are paraphrase.
Its reassuring to find oneself almost agreeing with Melanie again. .but: laughable as it is for this dreadful new labour hack to pretend that paying to be tied up and flogged is only depraved if you wear the wrong costume; isnt the public exposure of depravity its own kind of lechery (to paraphrase Dr Johnson)? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Walcott is a Nobel Prize winner who, to paraphrase Wordsworth, leaves trailing clouds of sexual harassment behind him where e'er he goes, at least in the 617 area code. When Will the Poetic Violence End?
“Trust but Verify” - Ronald Reagan paraphrased from the Bible Think Progress » Bush Caught on Tape: “A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. Nothing Has Changed.”
To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, we are all more human (read "American") than otherwise. Justin Frank: Inspiration Has Its Particular Pitfalls
We, therefore, do not need a Reader's Digest condensation committee, nor a paraphraser, nor a naturalistic-minded critical editor, nor a so-called Myths About the King James Bible by David Cloud There Are No Doctrinal Differences Between Bible Texts and Versions
To paraphrase economist Angus Maddison, for 1800 years progress was virtually non-existent, then it accelerated sharply. Emancipation From What ... Capitalism?
To paraphrase: When I win my vroom-car races, our annoyingly short national anthem means that my period of standing up on a big platform, bathed in the love of millions of people goggling at how stupendously great I am, is limited to only 30 seconds or so. So Lewis Hamilton wants a longer national anthem. Has he heard the second verse?
The simple paraphrases of Scripture, the fact-filled descriptions of life in first-century Palestine, and the gentle words of Jesus stirred my heart.
Indeed, Digby, bravo on mastering the art of the paraphrase in mere weeks.
What does it say about our own humanity that we would take one of the oceans greatest predators and deprive it of food and experience until it will eat from our hands and allow us to ride around on its nose paraphrased from a far more elegant quote …. Think Progress » American Family Association Pins SeaWorld Death On Lack Of Christianity: ‘Bible Ignored, Trainer Died’
Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health.
He has also added a running paraphrase to each of the poem's twenty-four sections, making explicit much that the author's telegraphic style has compressed.
To paraphrase Tommy's robust phraseology, O'Neill will kick certain parts of the anatomy.
One can make a meta-linguistic move and use paraphrases like ˜the bishop mentioned first™ and the ˜bishop mentioned second™, but precisely which bishop was mentioned first? Descriptions
Whether quoting Auden or some other poet, Mr. Wasley makes a habit of seeking to clarify the already clear; he paraphrases the pellucid. Keeper of the Affirming Flame
There are similar but more complicated theorems for uncountable first-order languages; some of these can be paraphrased as omitting types theorems for infinitary languages. First-order Model Theory
To paraphrase the famous saying about individuals acting as their own solicitors, the patient who treats himself has a fool for a doctor. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
It was that old newspaper trick of using single inverted commas, safe in the knowledge that most readers wouldn't know this meant it was a paraphrase.
As an author, I can say that there is nothing more disconcerting than to read numerous paragraphs in another book that are hauntingly similar paraphrases of one's own work.
As Hannah Arendt said of Eichmann at Jerusalem (in paraphrase): she was astounded at his inability to see his own crimes for what they were, to follow a simple syllogism. Ron Paul Goes “Respectful” « Antiwar.com Blog
Below is a bitty paraphrase of a section of the lecture, a section concerning Derrida.
Here we will examine how to paraphrase one section of given works. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
Apparently there is a sizable contingent of readers who think that (1a) and (1b) should be paraphrased as (2a) and (2b), respectively: Following up on “(to) no end” « Motivated Grammar
Most human beings are conflicted creatures and, to paraphrase George Orwell, some are more conflicted than others.
This means, in turn, that while many of his paraphrases of little known Italian texts are fascinating, his interpretations are problematic.
KURT VONNEGUT commented on the recent increase in hurricane intensity and frequency by saying and i paraphrase .. ‘the eath is sick of humans and is trying to regurgitate us up’!! how true!! Think Progress » Jonah Goldberg: Concerns About Climate Change Are ‘Millenarian Battiness’
The last of our own Platonists was Henry More, one of whose books Addison quoted four essays back (in No. 86), and who died only four and twenty years before these essays were written, after a long contest in prose and verse, against besotting or obnubilating the soul with 'the foul steam of earthly life.'] [Footnote 2: which] [Footnote 3: Paraphrased from the 'Academe Galante' (Ed. 1708, p. 160).] [Footnote 4: couple] ***** The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays
Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice) soli Deo gloria Is Robert Gibbs allowed to give test[i]monials like this? | RedState
Parliament, to paraphrase Blackstone, can make or unmake any law as it sees fit.
To paraphrase Mark Antony's eulogy of Julius Caesar, "I have come to bury the Republican Congress, not to praise it. Bennet Kelley: A Brief Eulogy for the Republican Congress
In part because the meanings of a Beethoven symphony can't be paraphrased into words, one can make purely personal, emotional use of the music.
The Ben Franklin paraphrase is particularly apt — the biggest source of trouble in today’s legal system is the tendency of judges to become convinced of their infallibility. The Volokh Conspiracy » Rules Versus Justice:
Whats even scarier is that half of the lines Tina Fey said are either direct quotes from Palins real interview or paraphrased. VOTWeekend: Tina Fey as Sarah Palin Again | /Film
To paraphrase Crowley, interpret every event as a dealing of the Infinite with your Soul, a communication from the Absolute.
Translation, therefore," says Dryden, "is not so loose as paraphrase, nor so close as metaphrase. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
Here the indefinite a fun and fruity wine can be paraphrased as a fun and fruity kind of wine.
For those not fluent in Italian, I will paraphrase the definition before me in Il Duce's crabbed hand.
My first tastes of venison were much like Douglas 'mom, from deer that were killed on dog drives, gut shot, hauled around in pickups then, to paraphrase Tom Kelly, haggled into unidentifiable hunks of bloody gristle by a succession of drunks with rusty saws and hatchets. Beef or Venison: Which Tastes Better?
The way I have taken is not so strait as metaphrase, nor so loose as paraphrase: some things too I have omitted, and sometimes have added of my own. Dedication
Or, to paraphrase what he was saying: this isn't about realism or anti-realism, it isn't about nominalism, nihilism, modalism, nor pluralism; it isn't about being a subjectivist or an objectivist.
To paraphrase, she says that the act of capite velato can't be viewed as a strict ethnic marker and that it extends beyond just Roman culture. Pondering on the phrase 'capite velato'
Most of these are paraphrases of biblical texts, and like hymns they vary in theological emphasis and musical appropriateness.
The latter half of Cult of Flesh is basically a series of sexual encounters that are "revelatory" in the worst sense--in the sense that they prompt the characters to spout long passages at each other that blend faux-Satanism with poor paraphrases of Norman O. Archive 2005-04-03
Each source quoted or paraphrased was coded separately, and all of a source's statements in an article were taken into account when applying coding categories.
Apparently (and I paraphrase the bumf from Will's mate Matt) they were for a long time ‘the traditional broad bean-type thingy’ of the area round Bath (Martock being a place near Bath).
Is that a "botch" or something called a paraphrase? What's the most famous Barack Obama quote?
I tried to find the actual study with no luck (I only spent a couple of minutes looking for it); however, even the article you linked to has a quote from the doctor who completed the study where she clearly states spanking is a big gun for a big job (to paraphrase). A Spanking A Day Keeps Failure Away? | Her Bad Mother
It may well be the sound of the suburbs, drawing on a cacophony of influences born out of a misspent youth, but to paraphrase that great 80s catchphrase, where's the beef?
Chaldee paraphrase perverted by him to his own opinions, 306. The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10.
Most of these are paraphrases of biblical texts, and like hymns they vary in theological emphasis and musical appropriateness.
To paraphrase Pyrrhus, if sales keep soaring like this, then home builders will be utterly undone. Pyrrhic Victory in June Housing Data
To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, we must disenthrall ourselves, and then we will save our church.
To paraphrase his satyrical entry at the Reagan Wing, Doug alleges that Mike! faked or made up this DUI or at least preemptively announced it as a devious ploy to gain sympathy from the electorate. Sound Politics: Last Call
But to paraphrase Talleyrand, his Open Letter was worse than an insult; it was a mistake. Scientologists and Nazis
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - To paraphrase Liverpudlian legend John Lennon, all the Boston Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
To paraphrase a Supreme Court Justice, the teeth have been taken out of FRCP 11 (due to what, if memory prevails, its subsection (c)) and lawyers who file frivolous lawsuits rarely, if ever, face penalties anymore. The “I have been requested to put up an open thread” Friday Open Thread. | RedState
This is a paraphrase, but it does convey the flavour.
To paraphrase Finkelstein, mathematics is a language, like English.
Most of these are paraphrases of biblical texts, and like hymns they vary in theological emphasis and musical appropriateness.
In his early years as a teacher he wrote explanatory paraphrases of many of Aristotle's works, setting a pattern of exegesis which continued to be followed throughout the Middle Ages.
To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing.
To paraphrase one of the great philosophers: we think, therefore we are. Times, Sunday Times
Every allegedly great age is an age of translations, beginning with Geoffrey Chaucer, paraphraser of Virgil and Ovid, condenser of old stories he had found in Latin, French, and Italian.
And if you choose to paraphrase and not even link, and I have to look up the text myself, and your paraphrase is not accurate, it is my job to embarrass you by pointing thatout. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School
It is easy to paraphrase another author's ideas or incorporate his or her locutions without crediting the source.
To paraphrase, better that Britain, heir to the legacy of imperial and civilizational grandezza, recover these fragments than that they be lost to the ignorance and obscurity of an orientalized and debased "second race" whose only claim to them is that they happen to be squatting upon the lands once occupied by a "nobler race" of antique Greeks. The Ruins of Empire: Nationalism, Art, and Empire in Hemans's Modern Greece
As I said, my paraphrase is "predicting the future is hard." morning That Sounds Like a “No” « PubliCola
The following is not a transcript, but a paraphrase of statements and positions.
A hymn can be defined as an original composition by an author while a metrical psalm or paraphrase is an author's arrangement of an existing biblical text.
Such a reading allows us to acknowledge the basic problem with mapping Blakean images in America to historical referents — namely (to paraphrase Saree Makdisi) that the more specific we are in mapping, the more we seem to make obscure the prophecy of the poem — but at the same time this reading moves us beyond the alternative strategy of reading the poem as simply an example of "the idiosyncratic world of Blake's vision. Introduction
In a few cases there even seem to be traces of the use of the Aramaic paraphrases of the Hebrew text which are known as the ‘targums’.
The methods include the following four categories: transliteration, translation, adjustment and paraphrase.
Necessarily P iff, according to the modal fiction, at all worlds, P*, where P* is the possible-worlds paraphrase of P. Modal Fictionalism
Indeed, it would be nearly impossible for paraphrasers to avoid using any key terms from the source.
I finally had to end it when his paraphrases of what I said became more and more outrageous and inaccurate.
I am having to paraphrase of the letter because of computer catastrophes unforetold so keep the bears with me.
Joe Biden’s famous plagiarism scandal, in which he paraphrased a speech by British leftist politician Neil Kinnock, is described, and somewhat minimized here, in a chapter of The Appearance of Impropriety. Another San Francisco Poster Boy Crack Dealer…
To paraphrase Jefferson, they can effect a bloodless revolution.
Here are some of the points discussed – paraphrased from the speakers: US Publishing Trends Report: Sydney Writers Festival 2009 - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn
It is, to paraphrase yourself, absurd lore, but the reed is there. The Great Debate
But of course you can't include URLs in wire stories - it's just not done, and, after all, why would readers want to see actual data when they can read general paraphrases?
A paraphrase may be achieved by taking two short sentences and joining them together with an adversative connector.
John Dryden prescribed paraphrase, but later advocated a point between paraphrase and metaphrase.
Or, to paraphrase Terence, "Canadian sum: Canadian nil a me alienum puto. Trinityboy Diary Entry
Lêng-yen-ching expounded, that is, read aloud with an extempore paraphrase, to lay congregations in China, and the section of it called the Diamond Cutter is the book which is most commonly in the hands of religious Tibetans. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2
Yet, to paraphrase coarsely Márquez's dictum given by him both as a writer and a fighter for justice, the writer must take the right to explore, warts and all, both the enemy and the beloved comrade in arms, since only a try for the truth makes sense of being, only a try for the truth edges towards justice just ahead of Yeats's beast slouching to be born. Nadine Gordimer - Nobel Lecture
(paraphrased from a smart guy who figured that out many years ago) In this way, some see affirmative action as a step in the right direction, while others see it as a step too far in the right direction. DOE Investigating UVa Affirmative Action Admissions at cvillenews.com
Any paraphrase needs to take into account the limina of the as-yet-unread outcome we, as readers, are constructing from our expectations of how the dynamics will play out. Modality and Hamlet
To paraphrase Bois, in this context it revealed the precariousness of the confidence in bodily and material solidity.
To paraphrase Trotsky, even in times of unexampled crisis, mad acts like this constitute an unimportant percentage.
His Greek rhetoric is again paraphrased in the Latin version of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Some anthems have texts in verse - for example psalm paraphrases or hymns, or even original poems - though none of these were termed ‘anthem’ until well into the 19th century.
To paraphrase the season tagline, it really is the end of an era. Times, Sunday Times
The words were repeated and the speech was paraphrased.
A better paraphrase is "We can imagine it, therefore it's not necesary to infer an unimaginable agency. Crossroads
One, in his treatise on Duties, is probably paraphrased from the Greek of Panaetius, the philosopher who first introduced Stoicism to the Romans, and modified it to suit their temperament, but it is quite clear that Cicero himself entirely endorses the Stoic view. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero
All the way through there are phrases, paraphrases and constructions that strike me as unoriginal.
The phrases in quotations are paraphrases of Article IV of the Bill of Rights.
What's more, my ticker isn't pounding, my pins are unjellified and, to paraphrase a tune the 32-year-old has covered beautifully, he isn't giving me fever.
Julie, you were a true mensch, the living proof of how one life touches another and another and another until, to paraphrase the Talmud, you have touched the world.
To paraphrase Fred G. Sanford: This severe chap is as funny as a train wreck. Think Progress » SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ who ‘breed’ because they don’t know better.
I always suspected that if Poetry is inherently a matter of interconnections (what we Pinoys also call pakikiramdam and what I lately have been calling algebraic as a result of three months of tutoring a 13-year-old boy in four years worth of math), such a book can hold together -- also recall Gertrude Stein's observation (I paraphrase) about how a word arbitrarily placed next to another word will rub together for some unexpected frisson if not generate some meaning. THE TEST OF THE UNCOLLECTED
One can do no better than to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce upon his discovery of the merkin, and ask: how can such things be?
Here are a few such strings, with rough paraphrases so that you can see that they have to be grammatical.
You should be able to paraphrase what that person said to show them that you were completely present and actively listening.
Millennium Mambo is both a requiem for the past and, to paraphrase Vicky's narration, ‘a celebration of the new millennium.’
To paraphrase one that she shares with her beloved granddaughter, "Losing a husband or two is something you can live with, but losing your dentures is a catastrophe. Albert Imperato: My First Time Seeing Sondheim's A Little Night Music
It's hard to tell if the tone is the original poster's, or that of the paraphraser.
The Song of Troilus," in the first book of _Troilus and Creseide_, is a paraphrase from one of the Sonnets of Petrarca: Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
To paraphrase one of the great philosophers: we think, therefore we are. Times, Sunday Times
To paraphrase Dr. Seuss, stop wringing the hands that should wring his neck!
The paraphrases mainly go wrong through reductiveness. The Times Literary Supplement
Paraphrase this article in 250 words or less.
CT: What are the challenges in juggling your day job with writing, or to paraphrase your antho bio, "Can business and writing coexist? EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jason Stoddard
To paraphrase Garrison Keillor, I used to think that literary awards were a bunch of hooey.
It's a shame because, to paraphrase Ginola's cringing catchphrase in the L'Oreal ads, she's worth it.
To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, we must disenthrall ourselves, and then we will save our church.
England, at least to defend its liberties; to improve burlesque into satire; to free translation from the fetters of verbal metaphrase, and exclude it from the licence of paraphrase; to teach posterity the powerful and varied poetical harmony of which their language was capable; to give an example of the lyric ode of unapproached excellence; and to leave to English literature a name, second only to those of The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author
To paraphrase an old fisherman's tale, there is little point finding the best stretch of river if your net is riddled with holes. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps, to paraphrase Iver Neumann, it is neither digitality nor diaspora but our uses of them - much like our uses of the other - that offer a chimera of hope.
Here we will examine how to paraphrase one section of given works. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
No! and to every other commentator who has wantonly tampered with the text, or obscured it with his inky cloud of paraphrase, we feel inclined to apply the quadrisyllable name of the brother of Agis, king of Sparta. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859
To paraphrase Jungian analyst, Clarissa Pinkola Estes: "We are mighty ships, made for these times. Dr. Judith Rich: 5 Steps To Managing Meltdown Mania
To paraphrase Hitler, “when all power to control property is vested in the state, the owner is simply left with a contentless piece of paper (the title).” The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements
Fortunately, it is not essential for us to establish whether or not Andronicus was the first paraphraser of Aristotle. Commentators on Aristotle
To paraphrase Alix their "argument" is: "Ken is just a judicial murder supporting, homophobe supporting commie. Archive 2008-03-30
It is not essential for us to establish whether or not Andronicus was the first paraphraser of Aristotle.
To paraphrase Randy Jackson, “You know, it was just arright for me, dog.” PodCastle » PC013: Spell of the Sparrow
It is not ‘easy,’ not filled with narratives that lend themselves to paraphrase nor poems that distill into nice, aphoristic truisms.
All effective readers skip over or guess at some words, paraphrase sections of text, and resume reading.
To paraphrase Jefferson, that means every citizen should receive those services and be capable of using them.
To paraphrase Finkelstein, mathematics is a language, like English.
An unpaid internship in the basement labyrinth was offered to the winning paraphraser. The Times Literary Supplement
To paraphrase one of the great philosophers: we think, therefore we are. Times, Sunday Times
It is not ‘easy,’ not filled with narratives that lend themselves to paraphrase nor poems that distill into nice, aphoristic truisms.
What happened to our innocent, virtuous little talent show? To paraphrase Patton: it never was one, silly pudding.
The quote attributed to the person is paraphrased but contains more detail than the account in the first statement.
Absolutely, and in hindsight, perhaps I wish I'd just paraphrased it, not used quotes.
The voters have since then, to paraphrase Robert Burns, been nursing their wrath to keep it warm.
'Don't Stand So Close To Me' is a Hudibrastic paraphrase of a North American Indian folk-song in which a chief feels his ability to make lucid decisions is impaired by the presence of a beautiful niece who stands behind him during tribal councils gently stroking the back of his neck. Zenyatta Mondatta
The masses fall into two (probably chronological) groups: the first consists of those printed in 1532 and those in the manuscript Montserrat 768 (copied 1546), which are primarily parody masses; the second consists of those found in Montserrat 772 (copied 1560), which paraphrase plainsong melodies and reflect the conservatism of Philip II and his court. Archive 2009-06-01
To paraphrase the season tagline, it really is the end of an era. Times, Sunday Times
To paraphrase pogo, Kerry isn't running, get over it. "He isn't seeking to perfect Swift-boating, he's seeking to end it."
The psalm settings range from the rather simple tricinia of the 1588 collection where they alternate with similar settings by his son Rudolph to the great six-part psalm-motets such as Ich ruff zu dir, using paraphrased and cantus-firmus versions of the borrowed melodies, in the French–German volume of 1590. Archive 2009-06-01
We could paraphrase St. Augustine as he described the importance of justice to a nation in "The City Of God. Another Army-Navy Game, Another Perspective
KALB: I've been shopping around for some estimates of the job you're doing, and what I'm getting, if I may boil it down, something like you are an elegant paraphraser of the obvious. CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2001
To paraphrase Gandhi, have some goddamned cultural sensitivity, man.
Similarly, it is better to paraphrase points made above, rather than repeat them word for word.
One says to the followers, paraphrased: A wise man seeth the folly and changes course while a foolish man goes on to his destruction. Obama aiming to seize control of health care debate, aides say
The shofar of the ancient Hebrews, used at the siege of Jericho, was a cow's horn (Josh.vi. 4, 5, 8, 13, &c.), translated in the Vulgate _buccina_, in the paraphrase of the Chaldee _buccina ex cornu_. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"
One can understand their reluctance to meander into the twilight zone of recycled material and - to paraphrase Kiernan - ‘reheated auld keech’.
Next, they should - to paraphrase Shakespeare - kill all the consultants (and, while they're at it, do away with the bullheaded pollsters, too).
JJS: That quote was a paraphrase from a graduate level textbook on evolutionary biology! Crossroads
They try to show that when a sentence with a conditional subsentence is intelligible, it can be paraphrased, at least in context, by a sentence without a conditional subsentence. Conditionals
And to this doth that in some measure attest which the Talmudists relate concerning the paraphrast of the prophets, that when he went about to paraphrase also the Hagiographa, or holy writings, he was forbidden by Bath Kol, saying, That he must abstain from that; for in those books was the end of the Messiah, viz. Daniel 9: 26. 13. From the Talmud and Hebraica
The first claim was paraphrased from the key study and, without context, may be misleading — in context, it’s clear that “a LOCM” is “Omnipaque,” the LOCM tested. Archive 2009-04-01
The nihilist is also committed to the denial of tables, and will offer paraphrases (˜simples arranged tablewise™) and tacit fictions (the ˜fiction™ of composition). [ Monism
In fact, in one class students took turns being “paraphraser of the day.” A Mind at a Time
I use the term paraphrased because although it is exactly what the President will mean, he will never speak the words. Latest Articles
(Sometimes you’ll hear this kind of not-quite-translation of verse called “metaphrase,” though “metaphrase” can also, in discussions of prose, refer to a very literal translation, as opposed to paraphrase.) And the pleiades : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
In fact, many are direct paraphrases of the Psalms and other important Scripture texts.
When I was hit by a drunk driver in 2000, I had doctors working on my shoulder and upper back (my cyst is on or near the base of my spine), and I generally got the impression that "science isn't really an exact science for these science types," to paraphrase Twelve Monkeys. Unbillable hours:
The Virgilian paraphrase "virtutibus itur ad astra" suggests that one might enter the pantheon of communal memory by virtuous deeds, joining the elect members of uomini illustri depicted above the intarsia. 312 It is likely that the astral significance of this paraphrase was also taken more literally. Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro

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