Sentence examples for known phrase from inspiring English sources

The well known phrase "it's not what you know, it's who you know" could not be more relevant than in the fashion industry.

Probably the most commonly known phrase from my sport is "Gola!," stretching the "l" and the "a" in direct proportion to a fan's fanaticism when his or her team puts the ball through the net.

The poem includes another well known phrase, "No man is an island".

It's a fun and universally known phrase to throw around when talking to people, but it doesn't begin to address what it feels like as you arrive there.

And major props to you if you work this lesser known phrase into your scripts without most readers having to look the term up.

Perhaps modify an already well known phrase.

General John Vessey Jr., former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the finest soldier I have known, phrased it best in his foreword: "Once An Eagle is both a perceptive study of the profession of arms and a chilling overview of armed conflict….

"Meet the Parents" "Eliminate" "Joe Millionaire" "The Real World" "Around the World in Eighty Dates" are all specific to what their show is about, but use known phrases to create new titles that pique curiosity.

You might also want to cut the pieces of fabric into letters too, like some well known phrases of otherwise words describing some shapes or figures you've sewn on.

Taking it to the bathroom, he saw that it was a valentine fron the husband of a couple they knew, phrased with a ceremonious ardor.

Matthew Gee Nairobi, Kenya Kathryn Hughes suggests that George Eliot would not have known the phrase "haves and have-nots" (Review, 9 July).