Sentence examples for applied the phrase from inspiring English sources

Nyhan applied the phrase to reporter Brian McGrory, for refusing to join in a game of basketball.

Interviewees working for ACOs most often viewed 'population health' as referring to a defined group of their organisation's patients, though a few applied the phrase to people living in a geographical area.

Preferred secondary specializations include mansplaining, daddy issues, and applying the phrase "don't believe in" to things that clearly exist.

One task for Gov. David A. Paterson now is to make sure that no one applies the phrase to him.

When an artist applies the phrase "verbal gonorrhoea" to themselves twice in the course of a 30-minute album, you know they're having a dark night of the soul.

"PRETTY UGLY," a group exhibition that opens Thursday at two neighboring West Village galleries, applies the phrase (in translation) to artworks that challenge our standards of beauty or establish new ones altogether.

He calls this band Inside Straight, applying the phrase as a badge of intent and maybe a deflective maneuver: He'll brand this music as conventional before you ever have the chance.

It's trendy to apply the phrase to women who make a difference, like strong mothers, C-suite females, altruists with a cause and women who have beaten the odds.

Applying the phrase to firms and markets reflects our tendency to anthropomorphize animals and objects.

He meant it literally, but the longer the wait for the chemicals to arrive at the port of Latakia, the greater the danger people may start to apply the phrase metaphorically too.

There is some lingering debate about whether Obama meant to apply the phrase directly to the Benghazi attacks, but in both cases he used it in a context that indicates he did.