phrasal
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of phrasal
Example Sentences
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Repetition has an indelible place in Black expressive culture: in the syncopated rhythms of jazz, the phrasal repetitions of the blues and the guttural moans of soul made meaningful by dint of remarkable vocal performances.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
Cline loves phrasal fragments: “The dark maritime cypress packed tight outside the window, the twitch of salt air.”
From The New Yorker ● May 30, 2016
If anything, its fractured lines and phrasal salad are a sign that something’s suspiciously wrong and the message should be discarded.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2013
“Vaguely,” I said, and conjured a man with a mischievous face who ignored me unless he needed help with phrasal verbs.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2012
Of this a few verbal and phrasal instances will suffice.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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