Sentence examples for surprising phrase from inspiring English sources

You can't do without her: those leaps of idea between one beautiful, surprising phrase and the next.

Rippon also used a surprising phrase in an email to dismiss the evidence that the production team had secured, noting it consisted of a background briefing and "just the women" – referring to on-the-record but anonymous testimonies Newsnight had obtained against Savile.

Rippon also used a surprising phrase in an email to dismiss the evidence that the production team had secured, noting that it consisted of a background briefing and "just the women" – referring to on-the-record but anonymous testimonies Newsnight had obtained against Savile.

And ideally, they want that expert to say it in a nice neat surprising turn of phrase, so they can be entertained at the same time.

Writers, after all, are relentless scavengers, searching in the flotsam and jetsam of their daily experiences for a surprising turn of phrase, a fresh metaphor.

1. AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE "When the Heart Emerges Glistening" (Blue Note) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Mr. Akinmusire puts the focus here on the gleam of his crackerjack quintet.

(Nate Chinen) ★ Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Friday through Sunday) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Ambrose Akinmusire made one of last year's best jazz releases, a smart dispatch from the new postbop frontier.

(Chinen) ★ Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Thursday through April 29) An earnest young trumpeter with a bracingly original style — shadowy tone, sure attack, surprising turns of phrase — Ambrose Akinmusire made one of last year's best jazz releases, a smart dispatch from the new postbop frontier.

She developed a love-hate relation to many of her characters and subjects, but underlying her narrative is a warm humanity and a delight in accurate imagery and surprising turns of phrase.

(Chinen) Ellery Eskelin Quartet (Saturday) The tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin favors rough texture and surprising turns of phrase, and here he has a rhythm section equipped to either cushion or challenge him.

In light of the history of Jewish persecution, and the fact that Israel was created immediately after and largely as a consequence of the Holocaust, it isn't surprising that the phrase "Israel's right to exist" should have this emotional impact.