Sentence examples for a phrase of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a phrase of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific expression or saying that is part of a larger context or discussion.
Example: "The phrase of the day is 'carpe diem,' which encourages us to seize the moment."
Alternatives: "a saying of" or "an expression of".

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What about a phrase of the year?

To traduce a phrase of Marx's: "Well grubbed, old mole".

To use a phrase of the moment, this promises a "Europe of results".

Great tracts of it are, in a phrase of the moment, touchy-feely.

Instead, he keeps in mind a phrase of Nabokov's: "fondle details".

Then Cook borrowed a phrase of his predecessor's: "One more thing".

It was, in a phrase of Eliot's that he loved to use, "a wilderness of mirrors".

In return, he had to write down and translate for me a phrase of pidgin English.

That, to bend a phrase of Bill Clinton's, depends on what the nature of nature is.

"Person of interest" became a phrase of both avoidance and insinuation.

"Ibn al-balad" is a phrase of endearment here — literally, a son of the country.

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