But it has to be a long phrase or else it's too easy to break.

Its song is similar to that of a Blackcap, but has longer mellow phrases.

There was a long phrase of beautiful, intensely sad music.

It is often given as a duet, with the female's response following or overlapping the male's longer phrases.

He sat down and wrote a long phrase.

With increased treatment, longer phrases are taught and less support is provided by the therapist.

But how long are we to have this long phrase?

He used impossibly long phrases, then cut them short.

People often create a short acronym that means the same thing as a much longer phrase (set of words).

This is faster and shorter to say then the long phrase.