For want of a better phrase, the Guardian front page article on this survey was a total whitewash.

"For the lack of a better phrase, it was just an off night for me," Cone said.

"Although perhaps experiments in humanity would be a better phrase."

I caught the "highlights" ( for want of a better phrase) on the news last night.

Or maybe a loss of innocence was a better phrase for it.

The minute he said it he wished he'd thought of a better phrase.

A board that investigated 'affairs of the heart,' for lack of a better phrase.

Another big one was - for lack of a better phrase - the fluffy effect.

Sitting on the next rock over was, for lack of a better phrase, a hole in space.

Perhaps better phrase that more carefully: Did she dismiss him short of her goal?