| 1. | But the Colonel's colloquial speech was apt to be fragmentary incoherencies of his larger oratorical utterances. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 2. | Johnson next morning I found him highly satisfied with his colloquial prowess the preceding evening. - from English Literature by William J. Long |
| 3. | "They certainly are nice people," I assented to my wife's observation, using the colloquial phrase with a consciousness that it was anything but "nice" English, "and I'll bet that their three children are better brought up than most of----. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |