A distinctive spoken or written expression.
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Examples for "turn of phrase"
Examples for "turn of phrase"
1O'Sullivan's turn of phrase is often as sharp as her final kick.
2Now-ifyou'll pardon the melodramatic turn of phrase-themonster has been born.
3A kooky girl with a big heart and wicked turn of phrase.
4What a terrible misrepresentation of the facts that turn of phrase was.
5However, my friend's unfortunate turn of phrase does hint at something.
1A slight and natural turn of expression such as this easily fixes itself in the memory.
2The turn of expression is called a Trope, and change of construction is called a Schema.
3His own poems, even to the slightest turn of expression, became more and more important to him.
4To conclude with one more instance of critical emendation: Milton says, with an agreeable turn of expression-
5She opens it unconcernedly and reads it quickly, giving a little laugh at some quaint turn of expression in it].
6Full of this idea, the grammarian Aristophanes exclaimed in a somewhat affected, though highly ingenious turn of expression: O life and Menander!
7I sought in her countenance and features a likeness to Mr. Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.
8I do not dwell upon that thought, but just remind you of a turn of expression which occurs in various connections more than once.
9No one ever taught her certain turns of expression which she used.
10She delighted in original turns of expression, which were sometimes far-fetched and artificial.
11Banks looked at me sharply, with one of his keen, rather challenging turns of expression.
12Farewell gayety, ease, those happy turns of expressions, which formerly even made my faults escape correction.
13We are not aware that Pope pretended to have discovered any turns of expression peculiar to Addison.
14All this time he spoke in French, and the English but poorly paraphrases his odd turns of expression.
15She is master of powerful figures of speech, original, epigrammatic turns of expression, and, sometimes, of a stirring eloquence.
16Vardri was idealist as well as lover, and graceful turns of expression came to his pen readily and without effort.
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