phrasing

IPA: frˈeɪzɪŋ

The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.
(music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.

Examples of "phrasing" in Sentences

That conditional phrasing is very important, however.
I agree with your argument, but this choice of phrasing is amusingly ironic.
This phrasing is an explicit rejection of the older formulation, “life, liberty and property.”
The phrasing is ... unusual, but the imagery and emotions it evokes is ..... * sits down* amazing!
The problem with this phrasing is that "barbaric," on one level or another, seems to modify "cultural" as well as, or rather than, "practices."
And the phrasing is not that member of the family, "Oh honey, you grew up so pretty, you look just like your mother/aunt/cousin's best friend's roommate."
Rubin's phrasing is in addition rather peculiar: "It is all very well ... to insist that it is the written-down story that should command our attention as readers".
The phrasing is also deceptive and confusing, but it fails to make clear that the first clause (relating to private health insurance) is unrelated to the remainder (barring the use of the interstate commerce or other powers to regulate intrastate commerce).