A phrase kept circling her thoughts, but wouldn't come to the front where she could hear it.

A phrase she was supposed to remember that kept skittering away.

But the next thing was... what's that stupid phrase they keep using On talk shows?

Rather than flowing along with ease, phrases kept breaking into sharp fragments.

Yet key phrases in the Striker debriefings kept coming back to him.

A phrase keeps asking to be used at this point: "nobody home."

The phrase kept coming back to haunt him.

That phrase just kept running through my head.

He winced slightly as the phrase left his lips, but kept going.

A phrase Prime had used kept echoing: "what- ever forces are at work behind you."