Sentence examples for innocent phrase from inspiring English sources

Even that seemingly innocent phrase is loaded now.

1/2 It was intended as an entirely innocent phrase that apparently has a history I simply wasn't aware of.

"It's an innocent phrase but it has come to have a real Orwellian tinge," said Bill Dobbs, a civil liberties and gay rights advocate.

How does that get past editorial?! Swiftly after the broadcast, Mr Frei apologised, saying "it was intended as an entirely innocent phrase that apparently has a history I simply wasn't aware of".

Professor Stanley Wells, in the latest of his many superb studies of the writer to whom he has devoted most of his working life, plunges deep into this fertile hinterland – though I had better watch my language after reading his chapter on "The Fun of Sex", where the double, triple and quadruple layers of filth to be detected in the most innocent phrase are laid bare.

If they could visualize amazing unwritten stories (often involving sexual issues) in the midst of very innocent phrasing, they might create a need for their services.

When the reason for a military operation is to protect the innocent, the phrase "collateral damage" is insidious when applied to civilian casualties.

Typically, Columbo would string his suspects along, flattering them, apologizing profusely for continuing to trouble them with questions, appearing to have bought their alibis and, just before making an exit, nailing them with a final, damning query that he unfailingly introduced with the innocent-sounding phrase, "Just one more thing...."....

A layman would be forgiven for not grasping why such an innocent-sounding phrase could spell danger to "good science".

Lennon said that the song was simply about "a crash and its victim", and called the line in question "the most innocent of phrases".

The piece's title is a play on the phrase "innocent until proven guilty," or, perhaps, "guilty until proven innocent".