figures of speech
- plural of figure of speech.
Example Sentences
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Enter artificial intelligence, which can flag clichés by analyzing the frequency at which figures of speech occur in data sets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“His prose is poetic, sensuous, imaginative, adorned with fanciful figures of speech and surprising twists of language.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2022
He knows people see his gigantic mustache, hear his cornpone accent and predilection for bombarding everyone with folksy figures of speech, and underestimate him.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
The dialogue, dense with elaborate figures of speech, isn’t always easy to grasp.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2015
Reductio ad absurdum, by this token, would be classed as a figure of thought, whereas isocolon—a sequence of phrases the same length—or alliteration would be figures of speech.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
