Examples of 'want of a better word' in a sentence

Meaning of "want of a better word"

want of a better word: This phrase is used to indicate that a term or expression is being used because no better alternative is available or known

How to use "want of a better word" in a sentence

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want of a better word
Revenge for want of a better word.
Well, sometimes it can result in a surge of fertility, for want of a better word.
They need for want of a better word nerds.
The nature of this phenomenon is, shall we say, electrical for want of a better word.
I think of God for want of a better word as everything, Oneness.
It just might be a little common, for want of a better word.
Her job, for want of a better word.
Any painting where the subject is looking towards the camera, for want of a better word.
There must be - for want of a better word - a revolution.
I am pleased that the Old Gods are being resurrected, for want of a better word.
It also predicted, for want of a better word.
The economic potential of the maritime industries - for want of a better word - is enormous.
Even sound effects are - for the want of a better word - quite elementary.
I mean, I have had two or three stalkers for want of a better word.
I call it communalism, for want of a better word.

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The first one has been dubbed " lawfare, " for want of a better word.
He checks out normal . For want of a better word.
Yes . It just might be a little common, for want of a better word.
Yes, a bubble, for … For want of a better word.
And Big Pete was our leader for want of a better word.
Then there is the argument, for want of a better word.
Big Pete was our leader, for want of a better word.
We have translated it “ proof ” for want of a better word.
And the other being, shall we say, for want of a better word.
Kathryn 's consciousness . For want of a better word.
And the other being, um… For want of a better word.
So, the last time that I was… passed about, for want of a better word.
It will be days . Then there is the argument, for want of a better word.
So I fashioned, could be called an anchor. for want of a better word.
Her apparatus . Her Rolodex . Her job, for want of a better word.

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