Sentence examples for the current phrase from inspiring English sources

No wonder some find their sexuality wandering off into unacceptable (the current phrase is "inappropriate") places.

In the land of abundance, as the current phrase goes, it's all good.

Yet "Plan of Attack" is full of tantalizing hints that "father issues" (in the current phrase) might present a problem.

Indeed, the region's "traditional owners" as the current phrase has it, are part of the park's management structure, their advice taken on matters like controlled fires to keep the bush under control.

She alludes also to Harvey Weinstein and Woody Allen who, along with directors such as Bryan Singer, Oliver Stone and Lars Von Trier and actors including Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Tambor and Dustin Hoffman, have been accused of, in the current phrase, "inappropriate behaviour".

Richard Ben-Veniste, a leading Democratic lawyer, noted the current phrase in his questioning of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on March 23: "People like Director Tenet, people like Richard Clarke, are running around, as they say, with their hair on fire".

I have no faith that is – in one of the current phrases I hate so much – "fit for purpose".

We attempted to discover whether local symbols are more acceptable to users as icons and also whether the current phrases used in menus and icon descriptions are clearly understood by the various communities.

Europe had required real involvement of judges in their own self-government and the current phrasing of this power might make judicial self-government unconstitutional because the power is assigned to someone else.

The bursts API returns the current phrases that are receiving a burst in attention beyond what would be expected.

Why not have the third choice phrased as a neutral "we need to talk" — for people who might well want to do more talking before making a yes/no decision either way — rather than the current phrasing which sets up an expectation that indecision means 'yes with conditions' (the app's exact phrasing here is: "Yes, but… we need to talk").