Example Sentences
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My father’s sight was so bad that he had to look at the music about 2 inches away, memorize one or two phrases and then practice what he memorized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
Beatty’s lyrics are filled with strong images and evocative phrases — the paint chipping off a “white picket dream” in the new album’s “Fleur de Lis,” for instance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
The same could be said for the Bible, which for centuries has furnished the English language and the Western mind with phrases, analogies and images.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
But despite all that, she's still arguably most well-known for the ad lib phrases that popped into her fast-paced raps in Mis-Teeq songs.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Not the words of his speech—those famous phrases printed on posters and in schoolbooks.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
