It was a modest circumlocution used to avoid the use of " I " which might have seemed arrogant. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
It is better to tell her so without circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
It comes to the same thing, no doubt, but the circumlocution is significant. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
A library should never be a circumlocution office. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
At once, without circumlocution, the true man speaks. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series] Reference
He had just asked right out without any circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
Its feet are shod with the heavy irons of circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy] Reference
He established the point without circumlocution or diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
One way to get round it that sometimes works is to use circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"Sit in that chair and tell me everything without further circumlocution.". From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
"Tell me what has occurred without circumlocution or delay, and tell me all!". From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Alas, for that soft, melodious circumlocution, "Our PECULIAR species of property!". From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
After much circumlocution he obtained one, thus pioneering a way for the Europeans. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
Hence it was necessary to express it in a circumlocution by something resulting from faith. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Dame Beatrice was becoming a little tired of this Scottish circumlocution, but she spoke patiently. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
Your circumlocution points to your meaning terrorists in another cause who happened to be Christians. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
To see him was to pardon him; to pardon him was to surrender herself to him, with or without circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The small window at the back of the kitchen commanded a view of the road in all its sprawling circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
Rome, men who have thoughts disguise them; and painful circumlocution conveys the meaning of friend to friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
The Latines hauing no fitte name to geue it in one single word, gaue it no name at all, but by circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
They were already in waiting when he arrived, and without ceremony or circumlocution, he accosted them as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival] Reference
They were very stiff with me at the interview, and with all that talent for circumlocution and diplomacy with which the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
"How long will they be, mine host?" inquired Sir George, to whom the circumlocution of the stage proved uninteresting indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
Anhawdd ein dala, which, with a little circumlocution, means, 'For thee, who eatest baked bread, it is difficult to catch us.'. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
In a few instances the use of a pronoun will relieve the strain of a lengthy sentence or involved circumlocution in the western tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Government is free enough from red-tape do-nothingism and circumlocution, to make short work of these insolent rebels, whatever they be. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The circumlocution and indefiniteness of this letter led me to infer that there was something behind it which the writer had not stated. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
He disdained to make them more palatable by any art of persuasion, or to soften the asperity of his attacks by charitable circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Even if a Breakness dominie chose to break his solipsistic shell and reveal his mood, he would be forced to the use of clumsy circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
The choice before us, who call ourselves their leaders, is either to bend to that will or continue to flounder in the morass of circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY NELSON MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, AT THE UN WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT] Reference
He actually directly answered questions and spoke, you know, in a much more Western style of speech, rather than this dramatic circumlocution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2005] Reference
As I stumbled after him into his dark lodge, I saw that he was preparing to greet me with all the silence and circumlocution of a state messenger. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
An instance given us last night by our friend from across the water, shows that the English circumlocution office is a greyhound compared with our. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 01, January, 1888] Reference
The circumlocution of this woman almost ran me mad!. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
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