"We have lots of quaint phrases to describe that phenomenon."

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that certain quaint phrases took on a fresh significance.

"Are there any more quaint phrases you would care to say at this time?"

As alectors, we understand the feelings behind such quaint phrases.

Highland Sandy's quaint phrase struck the doctor as perfectly expressive.

I could not but note the quaint legal phrase which she used in such a place, and with all seriousness.

Describing her previous affairs, she uses a quaint phrase: "three pagan interludes."

Walk about is a quaint phrase.

And the oddly quaint phrase squeezed out like dust through a clogged filter.

Community relations is a quaint phrase for the state of play in the Northern Ireland of today.