Example Sentences

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Another favorite the ensemble performs is “Ain’a That Good News,” a more lively tune which idiomatically chronicles the rewards waiting in heaven: “I got a crown up in-a that kingdom / Ain’a that good news!”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

When someone talks idiomatically about a “house on fire,” she gets upset.

From The Verge • Jan. 28, 2020

And the mezzo Zoie Reams was outstanding in “Strange Fruit,” singing memorably and idiomatically and shading the notes with a thousand levels of scorn and meaning and pain.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2018

Used idiomatically, it means "occasionally", but, if taken literally, it could embrace a time-frame of present and past, implying that the women have experienced a kind of resurrection.

From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2010

I had no idea how to render this idiomatically, but I knew that a room 20 ft. square contained 400 square feet.

From If I May by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)