Sentence examples for pernicious phrase from inspiring English sources

That pernicious phrase, jobless recovery.

Martin Bauman himself soon adopts "this seemingly innocuous, ultimately pernicious little phrase... 'I've heard she's a really bad writer.' 'I've heard she got a huge advance for her last book, but the publisher was disappointed by the sales.' 'I've heard he's always trying to seduce his women students.' "As Martin sees it, "all anyone did was gnaw at the bones of hearsay and hindsight".

Let us set aside the pernicious creep of the phrase "complimentary water," the drink menus dispensed like Moses' tablets, and the denial of a perimeter booth in the empty room because they were "reserved for hotel guests".

"Pernicious quicksand!

Domestic abuse is pernicious.

That inertia is pernicious.

"It became pernicious".

The symptoms are pernicious.

Reprehensible! Foul! Pernicious! Unsubstantiated!

This is pernicious nonsense.

It's a pernicious relationship".