How To Use Turn of phrase In A Sentence
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Maybe there are some true consultant masterminds out there for whom every pause is a dogwhistle to pundits, for whom every turn of phrase is frought with Da Vinci Code-like hidden meaning -- I haven't covered them.
The Paranoid Style of American Punditry - Swampland - TIME.com
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an obscure turn of phrase
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But most of all, he blows the gaff on reviewers and productions alike, with his own inimitable turn of phrase.
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He's got an old-fashioned turn of phrase.
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He was a self-educated man with a wonderful turn of phrase.
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He was a slow-talking Mississippian with a penchant for the rustic turn of phrase and a gift for storytelling.
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My mind numbs in response to the parade of hackneyed phrases ( "And in conclusion, these books are both very similar and very different ...") when suddenly something catches my eye -- a turn of phrase or an extraliterary locution.
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Plagiarism Buster
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'Significant other' meaning 'partner' - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
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'Significant other' meaning 'partner' - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
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Short and stocky, a shopworn wool sweater carelessly worn backwards on occasion, Bob displayed an almost pixyish quality that was only enhanced by his lilting, Gaelic turn of phrase and charming absent-mindedness.
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It was an apt turn of phrase.
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a happy turn of phrase
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He's got an old-fashioned turn of phrase.
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It's a gag pile-up, with a funny moment packed into practically every second of the short, whether it's a broadly played physical gag (Bugs pulling himself out of the magician's hat by his own ears, holding himself suspended in the air without explanation), or a nice turn of phrase (I love the fact that this film makes a gag out of the inability to say "prestidigitation").
Short Film Week, Day 6: Six Chuck Jones Cartoons
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It was an apt turn of phrase.
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Kate has a colourful turn of phrase.
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His turn of phrase is more reminiscent of a populist politician than an academic theorist.
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John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea
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She has a natty turn of phrase, and an eye for the well chosen metaphor.
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It was an apt turn of phrase.
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First, it has the qualities of rhythm, alliteration, and assonance verging on rhyme that we might expect of a memorable turn of phrase.
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It may take more talent to invent a single melodic turn of phrase for the expression of a conceit to write the “air” or the “theme” of a chanson, than to place two, three, or more counterpoints against a cantus firmus and to write what one calls figured music, or a finished composition (chose faite), though the latter requires more learning
MUSICAL GENIUS
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The only thing I sometimes pinch off my mum is her turn of phrase.
An interview with Helen Fielding by Ashton Applewhite
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His turn of phrase is more reminiscent of a populist politician than an academic theorist.
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It was an apt turn of phrase.
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Bilal wondered how anybody with such a smile, such an agile turn of phrase, could consider himself undistinguished.
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She has a nice turn of phrase which should serve her well in journalism.
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Freedom of belief (note the Western turn of phrase) is fundamental to human rights, and it was Islam that first proclaimed this value.
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She has an apt turn of phrase for summing up a situation.
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She has a nice turn of phrase which should serve her well in journalism.
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She has a nice turn of phrase which should serve her well in journalism.
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These too were part of the literary air he naturally breathed, and into his prose he would frequently work some turn of phrase taken from classical Latin literature.
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Runners were described as ‘rowing their legs to a rapid tempo’, just the sort of improbable turn of phrase which was in fact beloved by the classical baroque.
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He has a good turn of phrase, too.
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From time to time one comes across a turn of phrase, a descriptive passage, a metaphor so apt that it rings like lead crystal.
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But he is also capable of terse, astringent judgments and an incisive turn of phrase.
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He has a good turn of phrase, too.
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His turn of phrase is more reminiscent of a populist politician than an academic theorist.
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While the vocalists have an ear for a catchy turn of phrase, there isn't much substance to back it up.
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He has a good turn of phrase, too.
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From time to time one comes across a turn of phrase, a descriptive passage, a metaphor so apt that it rings like lead crystal.
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What a strange turn of phrase!
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'Significant other' meaning 'partner' - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
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His turn of phrase is more reminiscent of a populist politician than an academic theorist.
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He's got an old-fashioned turn of phrase.
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I've always been a sucker for a good sense of humor and turn of phrase; that can cover many flaws.
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From time to time one comes across a turn of phrase, a descriptive passage, a metaphor so apt that it rings like lead crystal.
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This isn't easy, being thrust into the public spotlight, and having your every turn of phrase dissected and commented on.
The Seventh Sense
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She can switch roles as quick as a chameleon but this one was something that needed a little more than a deft flick of the wrist and a witty turn of phrase.
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He was portrayed as a latter-day Colonel Blimp with a wonderfully bilious turn of phrase.
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'Significant other' meaning 'partner' - now that's an interesting turn of phrase.
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Has there ever been an economist with a more felicitous turn of phrase?
