Word Finder - phrasing

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To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

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I wasn't sure how to phrase my condolences without sounding patronising.

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To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.

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To divide into melodic phrases.

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The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.

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The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.

He chuckled at her polite phrasing.

So what is the appropriate phrasing to let your gift wishes be known?

Custom wording, including poetry and special phrasing, also adds a unique and very personal element to the invitation.

Make a list of what you want and look for similar phrasing in the reviews you read.

You can enter the URL of an article and Copyscape will scour the web, looking for places where your exact phrasing has been used.

The poor phrasing brought warmth to her cheeks.

If you do, you'll find the phrasing, dynamics and timing accuracy are all rough round the edges.

David Rose started as a jazz pianist, and most of his arrangements have jazz phrasing in them.

The possibility to tune the vocal phrasing of a new or altered melody is fantastic.

It is obligatory that the trade name has to incorporate the phrasing; " Limited.

You might also wish for larger drops of lyrical phrasing, at least to lubricate the singers.

Results of opinion polls on the constitution vary, depending on the precise phrasing of the question.

Another point I would like to emphasize is that the musical phrasing has come entirely from the manner of singing.

Elgar's Serenade was given a delightful performance, with springy rhythms in the first movement and eloquently expressive phrasing in the Larghetto.

Discussion of the phrasing of the questions Why is it important to take care in phrasing question?

We show that information structure in English can only be analyzed concurrently with prosodic prominence and phrasing.

The characters are often relatable, the phrasing funny.

To sacrifice phrasing, and distinctness in real partwriting, to a crude imitation of the richness produced mechanically on the harpsichord by drawing 4-ft.

In phrasing his advertisement as he did, Mr Combs is only pretending to be voicing anti-white animus.

Tired diction here, inappropriate register there; natural, unforced cadence here, resonant phrasing there.

He did not use the particular phrasing in it.

Eddie's playing is the complete package of tasteful phrasing, an innovative two-handed tapping technique, swinging rhythm playing and an unmistakable sound, all delivered with a passion and joy that only the true greats possess.

It is difficult to explain this phrasing in any other hypothesis than that Layamon pictured to himself Arthur's hall as open on one side, and that, on a great feast-day, owing to the number of guests, the table extended beyond the covering afforded by the roof.

The thorough recasting that this involves, even of the thought of the masters when it occasionally echoes them, has resulted in a phrasing uncouth to the ear of the plain man with his world of persons and things in which the former simply think about the latter, but it is fundamentally necessary for Bradley's purpose.

I do not know whether the difference or the similarity in phrasing between the child's version and the woman's is the more remarkable.