Sentence examples for most common phrase from inspiring English sources

The most common phrase was "quagmire".

AFTER "rate hikes", the most common phrase in America's electricity industry these days is "death spiral".

The most common phrase you hear from an Argentine, especially if you happen to be a visiting foreigner, is this: 'Vivimos en el culo del mundo'.

"Can the drummer get some vocals in his monitors please?" A variation of the most common phrase you'll ever hear a singer say on stage, and yet Lewis Bowman, Chapel Club's enigmatic vocalist, says it with such charm.

"The most common phrase you hear from the states is, 'Everything is on the table,' " said Arturo Perez, a fiscal analyst with National Conference of State Legislatures, who predicted the worst financial year for states since the end of World War II.

The most common phrase used by Owen Smith [the challenger] is, 'I agree with Jeremy.' Apart from Trident and Syria – and I always argued for free votes on those because I knew they were conscience issues – on virtually every other area there was consensus".

Many of the most common phrases were idioms — phrases that mean something different from the literal meaning of their words.

The standard English spoken today is Midland in origin; thanks to Shakespeare, many of its most common phrases are too.

(Hillary Clinton, had she been at the podium, likely would have used one of her most common phrases, "God-given potential").

At least two other bloggers have recently discoursed on one of the most common phrases in that dialect: "a portrait emerges".

Molly Hodson, head of media and external affairs at the Trussell Trust, said in response to the research: "One of the most common phrases we hear at Trussell Trust food banks is 'I never thought this would be me'.