Example sentences for: brooms

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

  • Encouraged, we proceed to a change of subject: A new broom sweeps clean (F) Il n'est rien de tel que balai neuf There is nothing like a new broom, or Un balai neuf nettoie toujours bien A new broom always cleans well; (G) Neue Besen kehren gut New brooms sweep well; (R) \?\ A new broom sweeps cleanly; (S) Escoba nueva barre bien A new broom sweeps well.

  • An article explicates curling (shuffleboard on ice with brooms), "the one game in all the world wherein the human participants move faster than the object they put in play."

  • The eight English proverbs cited above thus have respective equivalents as follows: Plus valet manibus passer quam sub dubio grus It is better to have a sparrow in the hand than a crane in doubt; Sero quam nunquam melius Better late than never, literally Late than never better; Sic fuit, est et erit: similis similem sibi quaerit Thus it was, is and will be; like seeks like for itself: notice the rhyme; Currens per prata non est lepus esca parata A hare running through the meadows is not a ready meal: a nice variation on the bear and his skin; Donati non sunt ora inspicienda caballi Gift horses do not need their mouths looking into: Scopae recentiores semper meliores New brooms are always best; Factum infectum fieri nequit A deed not done cannot happen: a negative equivalent to the English positive What is done cannot be undone as an alternative to the spilt milk; Roma non fuit una die condita (but of course, of course).


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