Sentence examples for own phrase from inspiring English sources
His own phrase was "outrageous lyricism".
We found her, to use her own phrase, "in an improved but restless state".
He is an enthusiast and, in his own phrase, "a question-asker".
To use Morgan's own phrase, he opted to "press the refresh button".
Mr. Novak was a smart, shrewd small-town boy "looking for trouble," in his own phrase.
The "broadcasting oligopolists", to use Thatcher's own phrase, would be tackled.
To borrow his own phrase, though, he is the default person – a middle-class white male.
Angry fans in Buffalo, where hockey is practically a religion, have adopted their own phrase for this approach.
It added up to a startling detour from the glossy world of supermodels — "subversion," in Ms. Day's own phrase.
"Not the greatest chemist in the world" – his own phrase – Ebsworth was an excellent and perceptive encourager of the young.
To use his own phrase, Sainte-Beuve was primarily a creator of likenesses of great men (imagier des grands hommes).
