How to Use parlance in a Sentence

parlance

noun

• 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
• To borrow Henley's parlance, Gill sang his ass off for most of the night.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2022
• 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
• The tournament was played in person (over the board, or OTB, in chess parlance).
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• In the parlance of football coaches, either would look good leading the team off the bus.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
• 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 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
• For those whose sites were caught up in the blackout, the week has taught them to—in the parlance of Silicon Valley—pivot.
  — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
• The true hero is an environment, an atmosphere—in the parlance of our times, a vibe.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• In the parlance of intelligence, there are two kinds of warning.
  — Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2021
• In horse racing parlance, Cifuentes runs well on every kind of track.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2023
• Hobble is not a word in common parlance, but it's known in many police circles.
  — NBC News, 24 May 2021
• This, in sports parlance, is known as working the refs — an attempt to persuade referees to make more friendly calls in the next game.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• In Star Wars parlance, Jedis have apprentices while the Siths, their dark side opposites, have acolytes.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
• In today's market parlance, Marinetti would have been a bull.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2021
• For most of my career in tech, innovation and design thinking have been the parlance of our times.
  — Bryn McCoy, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• But the brusque parlance of police, which used to be confined to squad cars and roll call rooms, is increasingly on full display.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• The broad goal of Font Fashion Week is to find a kind of parlance—or sales pitch—that’s understood by a wider audience, Chahine explains.
  — Anne Quito, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2022
• In common parlance, strong brands know how to convey a consistent message but keep their look and style fresh.
  — Derek Rucker, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
• The Lumineers have been 10 years burning down the road, to borrow some parlance from Bruce Springsteen.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 3 July 2022
• In golf parlance, it is called losing your tour card, which is a gracious way of saying you were expelled from the top level of golf for shoddy play.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• In wine-tasting parlance, tannins can be ripe, supple, velvety, soft, silky or sweet.
  — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
• In music industry parlance, it’s all killer, no filler.
  — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• In skiing parlance, the word describes terrain that is above the tree line, steep, sustained, and exposed — meaning a fall could be long and of high consequence.
  — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
• The result is a portrait of two different stares, or gazes, in the contemporary parlance.
  — Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024