Collocations for "paragraph"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "paragraph" in context.
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paragraph
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- let me finish (up) this (last) paragraph
- finish [writing, reading] this paragraph
- a [long, new] paragraph
- should be (broken into) [two] paragraphs
- [edit, space, align, copy] paragraphs
- [forgot, missed, left out] a paragraph
- in the [following, previous] paragraph
- [an introductory, a body, a concluding] paragraph
- a paragraph about [why, when, how]
- the [paper, essay] should be (at least) [five] paragraphs long
- (write) no more than [five] paragraphs
- in the [second, third] paragraph
- spacing [before, after] the paragraph
- as is [stated, shown, mentioned] in paragraph [five]
- under paragraph [five] of the [criminal, judicial] code
- in paragraph [three], article [four] (of)
- as is [stated, shown, mentioned] in paragraph [five]
- under paragraph [five] of the [criminal, judicial] code
- in paragraph [three], article [four] (of)
- the paragraph [font, spacing, format]
- the paragraph [font, spacing, format]
'paragraph' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abstract
- appropriate
- assess
- bold
- center
- clarify
- closing
- construe
- contemplate
- delete
- describe
- disregard
- end
- establish
- excerpt
- flag
- foregoing
- format
- full
- highlight
- insert
- introduction
- pencil
- period
- random
- read
- reading
- redundant
- select
- specify
- stated
- summary
- tag
- text
- tweak
- underline