Example sentences for: aphorisms

How can you use “aphorisms” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Seagal can juke and wiggle and shout Japanese aphorisms till he's hoarse, but it won't matter.

  • The difference is that these earlier forms were inclined to take themselves seriously, while epigrams or aphorisms are more frequently reflexive and satirical.

  • Some of the laws are biblical aphorisms: "As you give, so shall you receive."

  • One of the characteristics of both proverbs and aphorisms is repetition of syllabic structure.

  • He comes close in some of the offbeat writings that appear toward the end of the Library of America edition--especially in such nonsense aphorisms as "A poem is a cafe," "A poem is a pheasant," and "All men are murderers."


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