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phrases
noun as in group of words; way of speaking
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Though conversational and often witty, his meandering phrases become increasingly unpredictable as they develop.
A glossary of what all those strange phrases in classic Christmas songs really mean.
These are the phrases we want to hear from male allies across the tech industry in 2015 that show true, meaningful support.
But several of these words and phrases do manage to secure an enduring place in the English language.
One of the memorable phrases in the novel is the idea that Auschwitz gives you a picture of your soul.
Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
He sang the words with an odd, emphatic slowness, turning to look at Lettice between the phrases.
The unfinished phrases floated, but dared not come to earth; they gathered but remained undelivered.
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
In all letters which the son writes to his father he uses the most exalted titles and honourable phrases he can imagine.
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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to phrases, such as: saying, remark, slogan, utterance, phrasing, and idiom.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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