Sentence examples for The byword from inspiring English sources
noun
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
The byword of the series is "To live is to choose," and in each episode, and each season, the war intensifies, options narrow and collaboration thickens.
The byword in sport these days is "marginal gains" – tiny, incremental adjustments in kit, technique and training that, when added together, make for big improvements.
The byword for celebrity gossip for much of the last decade, selling more than 700,000 copies at its peak, its average weekly sale slipped to 261,715 in the second half of last year.
The byword is "lest we forget", but the truth is, no one alive now can personally remember a single one of the millions of young men who were persuaded to kill each other a century ago.
The byword for the single set menu is 'whatever we have at hand' (Elandsgracht 108; set menus £25).
"More" became the byword.
Commercialism became the byword.
"Impossible", "unsafe" or "ridiculous" will be the bywords of the lazy or the boring.
Happy motoring, the bywords of an earlier era, have been replaced by driving fundamentalism.
Good value, thrift and resourcefulness are the bywords here, giving the place a relaxed, unassuming feel.
