I had previously seen her stealing the show in several Pina Bausch works; there she seemed a slippery being barely contained by that choreographer's loose phrases.
If rubber-stamped by Sisi, this law would expand the definition of terrorism to anything that "harms national unity"– loose phrasing that could be applied to the opposition.
They began with an exchange of pennants, followed by a few loose, exploratory phrases that were really his most recent poems, his thoughts from the week.
In very little time, they had covered much of the space, in loose, linear phrases both dancerly (an easy rond de jambe in the air, a soft leap) and pedestrian (a finger raised expectantly), switching directions frequently.
Mr. Knepper's distinctively gruff sound and loose-limbed phrasing were essential elements in some of the most celebrated albums by Mingus, the great bassist and composer, including "The Clown," "Tijuana Moods" and "Mingus Ah Um".
The relative freedom and self-assertiveness of these women can be held against them, especially by Indians in more conservative parts of the country, as "loose behavior," a phrase that hints at a multitude of sins.
But he has emerged as if in a rhetorical time capsule from a well-mannered era of soda fountains and AMC Ramblers, someone whose idea of swearing is to let loose with the phrase "H-E-double hockey sticks".
That gave birth to the phrase "loose nukes," a problem addressed, in that instance, with a transfer of the warheads to Russia, but which on a broader scale seems to have been put in the back of a foreign-policy drawer.
I 'd love to let Stephen Colbert loose on that phrase.
The phrase "loose lips sink ships" was invented to keep sensitive information away from wartime enemies.
But it was in the finale that he really let loose, both with phrasing turns that pushed against the constraints of the line and by conveying a sense of heightened dialogue between his instrument and the rest of the orchestra.
