Sentence examples for a formulated phrase from inspiring English sources

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Cf. T.S. Eliot's well-crafted line (from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"): "And I have known the eyes already, known them all— / The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, / And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, / When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, / Then how should I begin…" 12.

It makes me think of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and these lines: "And I have known the eyes already, known them all--/The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,/And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,/When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall".

Why is it acceptable to do this to women, to "fix them in a formulated phrase?" As Eliot wrote, "Do I dare to disturb the universe?" As I think of RBF and the other conversations about women, appearances, judgements, fixed ideas of beauty, I think, "Do we dare to disturb the universe?" Let's not accept these demeaning definitions and limitations.

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Fisheries experts traded studies with people studying ocean acidification; climate modellers swapped data with ecologists; legal wonks formulated phrases alongside toxicologists.

Once complete, we formulated phrases that expressed the meaning.

I formulated indignant phrases in my head—"What the hell do you think you're doing?" "What you're doing is disgusting"—but the words stuck in my throat like a wad of gum.

I formulated indignant phrases in my head — "What the hell do you think you're doing?" "What you're doing is disgusting" — but the words stuck in my throat like a wad of gum.

Use a specially formulated electronic wipe.

This appealing novel sets itself a challenge: formulate a plot about formulating plots.

It drew its name from the Algerian Arabic word raï ("opinion" or "advice"), which was typically inserted and repeated by singers to fill time as they formulated a new phrase of improvised lyrics.

So he formulated a plan.

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