exact words

Those were the exact words I had been told to use.

Or so he said, though not in those exact words.

I asked the class if anyone could remember the exact words.

Though they were too far away for him to hear the exact words.

She could not remember now the exact words either of them had used.

These are the exact words I have been asked to give you.

Not the exact words but you get the point I am sure.

Let me see if I can get her exact words right.

How many other women had he said those exact words to?

Thank you very much, he said, but not in those exact words.

Thus the exact words used at the meeting are not known.

"Perhaps you could tell us the exact words he used."

However, people are not sure about the exact words of the speech.

Had he used those exact words, or was her memory being kind?

He knew the meaning, but what were the exact words?

Never once, though, had she come up with the exact words that would be perfect.

"And can you remember her exact words when she answered him?"

The exact words could be used to describe the Bush approach.

The exact words said at the time are in dispute.

What were his exact words after he slammed the phone down?

He had heard those exact words before, spoken in exactly the same way.

It had been a mistake to use those exact words to her, of course.

These may not have been his exact words, but the meaning remains the same.

He used her exact words when talking about the money and the paperwork.

I might have asked him what Dolly had said when she came back, tried to get her exact words.