How to Use catchphrase in a Sentence

catchphrase

noun
  • These days, the man who coined the catchphrase disavows it.
    — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2018
  • Since then, the catchphrase has traveled from the streets of Coney Island all the way to the White House.
    — Mike Wass, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The game's afoot, as Holmes might say (Poe didn't give Dupin a nifty catchphrase).
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
  • The catchphrase started as a nod to the Gaels’ playing style.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The sign will light up with his catchphrase during big A’s plays.
    — John Hickey, The Mercury News, 4 May 2017
  • There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s — and the brand is honing in on that catchphrase even more now.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Napier picked up the catchphrase around the card table as a kid.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • And each one is given a name that's also a catchphrase from the show.
    — Health.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Fans were quick with the jokes, such as using Mrs. Puff's catchphrase against her.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 15 May 2018
  • But in that country now there is a new catchphrase: Eat or heat.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Bonus points if the game gives you control of wardrobes and catchphrases.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Make time for self-care, which is crucial, not a catchphrase.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 26 July 2018
  • Very demure, very mindful to use the catchphrase of the moment.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Used all of the trendy catchphrases & buzz words for his podcasts.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Used all of the trendy catchphrases & buzz words for his podcasts.
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • What’s the weirdest place someone’s asked you to recreate the catchphrase?
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Will Robert Mueller be the next to hear Trump’s signature catchphrase?
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The latest to hop on the viral catchphrase is meme queen Miley Cyrus.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 July 2019
  • Which, what if that was his catchphrase on ‘The Apprentice’?
    — Trish Bendix, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • And, to borrow Stewart’s catchphrase, that’s a good thing.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • As Cardi B fans know, the rapper is known for coining the catchphrase.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2019
  • Chances are her snow-cone chilly catchphrase will come straight from Blackpink.
    — Bart Bull, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The first start is putting fans -- holding their homemade signs and wearing their catchphrase T-shirts -- back in the seats.
    — Dan Gelston, Chron, 16 July 2021
  • The first start is putting fans -- holding their homemade signs and wearing their catchphrase T-shirts -- back in the seats.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 16 July 2021
  • The first start is putting fans -- holding their homemade signs and wearing their catchphrase T-shirts -- back in the seats.
    — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • Your words are empty, and a PR catchphrase isn’t going to get you out of trouble.
    — Marcus Squier, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Maybe this is the time to remind everybody of a much older catchphrase, a meme of its day.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But on some sites, that catchphrase is being taken a step too far.
    — Ben Westcott and Serenitie Wang, CNN, 19 May 2021
  • During her years on the show, she became known as a shade queen who liked to twirl (her signature move and catchphrase).
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In keeping with the artist’s preferred medium — words as graphics — they are splashed with tongue-in-cheek catchphrases.
    — Martino Carrera, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025

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