How to Use phrase in a Sentence

phrase

1 of 2 noun

• Underline the key words or phrases in the paragraph.
• She used the phrase “I strongly believe” too many times in her speech.
• Answer the questions in complete sentences, not phrases.
• To borrow a phrase from my mother, I spend too much time “watching the boob tube” and not enough time outside.
• Per pupil is the key phrase here.
  — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
• Or that very phrase could have done it.
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• Why is that a phrase you’re drawn to?
  — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 11 Mar. 2026
• The phrase is now steeped in naked cheek.
  — Lisa Gutierrez january 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2026
• But Democrats use the phrase too.
  — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
• The phrase and tones were so easy to grasp and keep in our minds.
  — Rachel Ng, Travel, 15 Dec. 2020
• One phrase on its own means nothing.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• The phrase at the end of the sentence was key.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025
• The anchor is set in the very first phrase.
  — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• Where did the phrase 'six, seven' come from?
  — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
• That phrase is a cheer for the club, which wears white jerseys.
  — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
• If a scammer is caught this way, change the safe word or phrase.
  — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
• The origins of the phrase have been lost, but the trend can be tracked.
  — Paula Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2022
• While Twain is well known for his turn of phrase, that one isn’t his.
  — Rick Rouan, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2021
• What is the word, the phrase, the name for those minutes, hours, days?
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• None of these phrases is damning on its own.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Lose the phrase and the funds are gone forever.
  — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
• In a word or phrase, what's the biggest source of stress in your life right now?
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
• What stirs the last phrase is an impatience with cliché.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
• That phrase echoes around the story like a whisper in a cave.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 June 2018
• People look for small phrases and blow up this or that episode.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 June 2026
• Lots of people known the phrase farm-to-table.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
• The lesbians were quick to adopt the phrase themselves.
  — Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
• More and more, the phrase is also used to talk about tequila.
  — Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
• Kearns cites a favorite phrase of his wife, a grief counselor.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 21 Nov. 2018
• Each phrase moves through time like a breath finally let out.
  — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026

phrase

2 of 2 verb

• He phrased his version of the story in a way that made him look good.
• The singer phrased the music beautifully.
• The question was awkwardly phrased.
• But that should be phrasing that should never be used.
  — Jack Fink, CBS News, 3 May 2026
• Or, in this case, maybe a torso cutout is a better way to phrase it.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 16 May 2022
• Please tell me the answer is obvious when it’s phrased this way.
  — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 26 May 2017
• But the phrasing itself is fitting, come to think of it.
  — Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
• But be careful not to phrase things in a way where the child must do everything right.
  — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2022
• Melodies were phrased with good musical instincts, but the rhythms didn’t have much to say.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• But there's no denying the tweet was oddly phrased and had a confusing tone.
  — Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping, 16 Mar. 2018
• That last one is the top insult in this group — neoliberal shill, is how it would be phrased.
  — Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
• Jasmine didn’t take kindly to the text — which was phrased as a demand rather than a request.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• So, not friendly questions, even if they were politely phrased.
  — Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2017
• It’s phrased in a way that sounds perfectly logical.
  — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
• One crucial distinction, though, comes from how the question is phrased.
  — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
• Yi phrased lyrical passages well and showed remarkable poise.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 12 July 2019
• But perhaps more incisive than the statement itself is the way it is phrased.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2020
• To this day, people come up to him and quote phrases his character used to utter.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
• The two men phrase the nature of that struggle very differently.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022
• Even to phrase the question is to confront the depressing answer.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 9 July 2017
• But the question on the ballot will be phrased differently.
  — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
• Dolphins fans wanting to turn Monday into a sign of being smart might want to re-phrase that.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2021
• The question wasn’t delicately phrased, but fell within the bounds.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 31 July 2019
• But now this needs to be phrased as a question, rather than a certainty that such voters would never support him.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
• Her ability to distort the truth -- to phrase it kindly -- is nothing short of herculean.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2012
• Colts coach Frank Reich said earlier this week when the question was phrased that way.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 26 Dec. 2019
• Extract phrases from calls, build frameworks from notes, convert DMs to posts.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• Forget about how the question was phrased, which seems to be a topic lighting up social media today.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• Same goes if a student texts a word or phrase the bot recognizes as a red flag, like a question about how to withdraw or thoughts about self-harm.
  — Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
• But buried in those lines is phrasing lifted from a bestselling business book or a competitor’s landing page.
  — Don Markland, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025