The greatest is the making the very dispensation objected to, the periphrasis of his title.
This is a beautiful periphrasis for happiness; for all we feel of good is by sensation and reflection.
Earth's offspring," a periphrasis for woman, that is, Unna.
The whole line is a periphrasis for "bountiful chief.
He that hoardeth ocean's fire," a periphrasisfor man, Hauskuld of Whiteness.
Yet, with whatever periphrasis she wrapped it round, the resolve was not to be expressed with a pen.
Contrast the simplicity of amota with the cumbersome periphrasis about to be loved; or the perfect ease and clearness of vi estus amita with the treble-barrelled German Sie würden geliebt worden sein.
He argues that Jesus cannot have used it as a mere meaningless expression, a periphrasis for the simple I.
It is used solely as a convenient periphrasis for the current Hebrew lawgiver, just as Hammurabi may be taken as a periphrasis for the Babylonian legislator.
Nor will language permit these words to be laid aside, since, if they were, there must be I know not what ridiculous periphrasis substituted in the room of them.
But there is reason to believe that, in the case of this god, it was usual to speak of him under a periphrasis; and this periphrasis entered into names in lieu of the god's proper designation.
The whole line is a periphrasis for "bountiful chief".
Footnote 8: Lord of rings, a periphrasis for a chief, that is, Mord.
Footnote 26: "Water-skates," a periphrasisfor ships.
Footnote 9: Earth's offspring, a periphrasis for woman, that is, Unna.
VI It is to be regretted that he has dismissed the subject of periphrasis in a few lines.
The periphrasis is a metaphor, and thus has the same life-span as a metaphor.
This proves that the use of that periphrasis was general, and that it must have dated back to a much earlier period.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "periphrasis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
