How to Use parlance in a Sentence

parlance

noun

• This is a Santa who, in the parlance of the times, can get it.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 23 Nov. 2018
• In the parlance of the internet, the past week has been a year.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2020
• To hang on for dear life, or, in church parlance, to endure to the end.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 May 2022
• This is, to use the parlance of the Western’s times, a lot of horse apples.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022
• In the parlance of the times, this was known as a quickie divorce.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• Or, to use the parlance of our times, Idea Birthing Persons.
  — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2022
• In restaurant parlance, the dining area is front-of-house and the kitchen is back-of-house.
  — Jeff Winkler, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2020
• At two, the girl had been diagnosed, in the parlance of the day, as deaf-mute and had been sent away.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
• Or in the parlance of one of its quiz questions, who has the biggest smile right now?
  — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 16 Oct. 2017
• And the parlance between all of us changes a little bit.
  — Daniel D'addario, Time, 23 May 2018
• Epstein was, in the parlance of the sciences, a marker.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2019
• To borrow Henley's parlance, Gill sang his ass off for most of the night.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2022
• In rom-com parlance, of course, that means the pair are destined for puppy love.
  — Philip Brandes, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• But the Heat, to use old-school basketball parlance, still have two chances to make one.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• Many have tried to make the position — the No. 9, in soccer parlance — their own, and most have failed.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• In the parlance of the times, The Bear absolutely ate in the week of its third season premiere.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
• The tournament was played in person (over the board, or OTB, in chess parlance).
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• The parlance of golf nerdery may be Tiger Woods’s favorite language.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2018
• In the parlance of football coaches, either would look good leading the team off the bus.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
• In stock market parlance, think of the Rams as a growth stock and the Chargers as a dividend play.
  — Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
• But the fact that the term has wiggled its way into common parlance also speaks to the times.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
• True old school Survivor, in Ethan Zohn t-shirt parlance.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2022
• In bond market parlance, the yield curve has flattened.
  — Carla Fried, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
• In economic parlance, the Phillips curve would shift up.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 23 May 2018
• In the age of the internet, songs, books, movies — musty archives from the past — often rise up, and in the parlance of the day, even go viral.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2023
• In the parlance of economics, this study points to the increase in demand for jobs, rather than the supply.
  — Benjamin Harris, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2017
• In Priebus’s parlance, the party had defined the party.
  — Elaina Plott, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
• On the bright side, Scruggs seems to be able to ‘score the ball’ at will, to use the parlance of college basketball TV dudes the last few years.
  — Jason Buelterman, Cincinnati.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• All is not lost for my episode 1 winner pick, but Kishan’s hopes and dreams have been snuffed, and to use the show’s own parlance, in an epic, boss-girl-move way.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• Another year into the process, the personnel staff is steeped more thoroughly in Payton’s parlance.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024