How to Use paraphrase in a Sentence

paraphrase

verb

• I'm paraphrasing, but he did say something like that.
• To paraphrase Churchill, this isn’t the end of the story.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
• The western sky, to paraphrase the poet, did not burn and rave at close of day.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• On the long trails of my past, booze was self-care, the thing my mind needed, to paraphrase Parr.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2022
• To paraphrase, on paper, the Utes are better than the Gators.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
• Well, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, the angels will weep for them.
  — Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2021
• The heart knows things that the mind can’t explain, to paraphrase Pascal.
  — Kathy Caprino, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• To paraphrase Smith, if a player wants to be at Utah, great.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 May 2021
• To paraphrase the 1990s band Chumbawamba: Play the songs that remind them of the good times.
  — John Hodgman, New York Times, 13 July 2023
• The credit goes to the man in the arena, to paraphrase Theodore Roosevelt, not the critic.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• To paraphrase our rabbis, in a place where there is no ish, stand up and be one (Ethics of the Sages 2:5).
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023
• To paraphrase one of Winslow’s heroes, Elmore Leonard, the key is to cut the stuff no one will read.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Possibly, but to paraphrase Mark Twain, that’s not the way to bet.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, one wonders if there is a there there.
  — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2022
• To paraphrase a very old line: other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• Now, to paraphrase an iconic Mel and Sue phrase: On your marks, get set...shop!
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 22 July 2022
• To paraphrase a passage from the Talmud, the long road is the shortest because the short roads lead nowhere.
  — James McKenna, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2023
• To paraphrase John Adams, a free republic will be one of ideas, not of men.
  — The Editors, National Review, 21 Oct. 2021
• To paraphrase Chandler Bing, can this get any more creepy?
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 31 May 2023
• But to paraphrase one of their own songs, welcome back, prog-rock friends, to the show that may never end.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2021
• To paraphrase a golf saying, dunk for show, defend and hit 3s for dough.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2021
• To paraphrase an old motto, let your mouse do the walking.
  — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
• To paraphrase Robert Frost, the roads these two men were on diverged in a wood, and Biden took the one the law requires you to travel on.
  — Bradley P. Moss, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
• To paraphrase the legendary book by Carey McWilliams, a critique of our factories in the fires.
  — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• To paraphrase the immortal words of Jay-Z: 50 Cent is a business, man.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2023
• To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, the county will pave this non-paradise to put up a parking lot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• But in the long run, to paraphrase Tom Brady from 20 or so years ago, his favorite receiver needs to be the one that’s open.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• Yes, to paraphrase Tolstoy, all seasons are strange in their own strange ways, but this one?
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2023
• To paraphrase from the song by Johnny Mercer, something’s gotta give.
  — Stephen Buck, STAT, 21 Nov. 2023
• To paraphrase Yogi Berra, nobody wants to go to a club that’s too crowded.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 4 June 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024