The bow and conventional phrases gave him time for a final review of the principal items he had come to report.

But now new phrases gave a different tone to the old sentiments.

The phrase gave the South an excuse to defy the law of the land.

That phrase, with its ambiguous double negative, has given rise to inconsistent decisions.

Short phrases gave way to longer, increasingly fervent and elaborate ones.

Each phrase gives way directly to the next with no rests between sections.

Certain phrases give more power than others, or rather produce more specialized effects.

The phrase gave school boards across the country an excuse to defy the demands of the first Brown decision.

The phrase gave him satisfaction; he used it a lot.