Sentences with phrase «pejorative expressions»

All of this is true; yet in common parlance «to preach at someone,» «to give someone a sermon,» or «to sound preachy» are decidedly pejorative expressions.

Yet the pejorative expression «core votes» is misapplied to those voters most likely to switch.

That pejorative expression that has so much currency — «obviously written with a movie in mind» — requires qualification when applied to Crichton.