Sentence examples for use of a phrase from inspiring English sources

Some are on substantive issues, but often they turn on the use of a phrase or a word, or placement in the paper.

His use of a phrase made notorious during Vietnam (and revived, often without irony, in more recent wars) may sound a bit anachronistic and overly pointed, but it also reinforces a disconcerting parallel.

"When we recorded these scripts we found that nothing needed to be changed apart from one half line, and that was because the use of a phrase had changed," he said.

Sometimes we're completely wrong: We agonize over the use of a phrase that ends up prompting not even a peep, or readers find disrespect in something we thought innocuous.

"Our experience with filings like this for Sept. 11, for the millennium, for Desert Storm 10 or 12 years ago, was that people make these filings thinking that they're going to corner the market on commercial use of a phrase, and they quickly discover that they can't, and that these phrases have an extremely short shelf life," Mr. Gundersen said.

Mr. Obama's writings and speeches are informed by a familiarity with the oratory of the past — Lincoln or King or the African-American church tradition: if not directly quoting his famous predecessors, then invoking memories through the use of a phrase or an image.

Pressed on the use of such a phrase – a term the Provisional IRA frequently deployed during the Troubles – to describe the Queen, Hayden is unapologetic.

The policy also stated that Washington would "oppose the development of new legal regimes or other restrictions that seek to prohibit or limit U.S. access or use of space," a phrase that effectively ruled out arms control.

Most unexpected use of a code phrase to take an unequivocal stand: "I will lead our nation toward a culture that values... the life of the unborn".

One fascinating current example involves dating apps, and the use of a particular phrase  — "going dark" — to describe what happens when a match stops responding.

This use of a prepositional phrase is perfectly grammatical.