Sentence examples for Colloquial phrase from inspiring English sources
The greeting reads: "Bienvenue (welcome) /Moin moin (a colloquial phrase for hello)/ Stadthof".
The colloquial phrase working a look highlights the queer practice of using fashion to critique restrictive societal norms.
He invariably drives home a point with a punchy aphorism or puts a spin on a sentence with a colloquial phrase, an unexpected word.
Just the colloquial phrase "popping the question" suggests a sort of controlled thrill, like a life-changing jack-in-the-box.
While such a colloquial phrase, such as this, is deeply embedded into our global society, is it possible to veer away from such a narrow-sighted mentality?
A new set of abbreviations, often using first letters of the words in a colloquial phrase (as BTW for "by the way") or using numbers to stand for sounds (as L8R for "later"), were combined with this truncation (as "sup" for "What's up?").
A few contemporary colloquial phrases make subdued but significant appearances in the text.
We can teach people which forms of English are acceptable without thinking of the more colloquial phrases and words as errors.
The dissemination of scientific articles is insufficient, and either the researchers themselves or other communicators should translate the information into more accessible and colloquial phrasing.
She flourishes her educated diction ("perused", "forbearance") while tripping into colloquial phrases ("Mrs Bligh stare on me", "an educated woman such as I").
His voice carries its special mix of ordinary colloquial phrasing ("God knows... ain't... I mean... ..) and singular word-play ("inklings... inkles").
