Line and Phrasing

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Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Phrasing and line are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Phrasing" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

Phrasing noun - An act, process, or means of putting something into words.

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Line and phrasing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Line" instead a noun "Phrasing".

Nearby Words: phrase, phrasal, phrased

Of course, given the phrasing, this could just as easily be a creepy and irritating, if ultimately harmless, reference to Casper, which featured the same line, and which The Critic found creepy.

Source: I'm Taking Her Home with Me!
He's shown agonizing over the phrasing of the opening line; among other things he rejects "I'm afraid this letter comes as the bearer of bad news".

Source: Bearer of Bad News
This comes from Joe Strummer's vocal phrasing in "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais", which makes the line "Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae" sound like "can't fool the UK pop brigade".

Source: Lady Mondegreen

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Phrasing and Line. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/phrasing

Line & Phrasing. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/phrasing>.

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