Words similar to proverbial

Example sentences for: proverbial

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

Whether castigating them on the silver screen, between the lines of pulpy, true-crime narratives, or in the jokes told around the proverbial water cooler, attorneys have been on the receiving end of many a hackneyed punch line.
This is not the first time Keeping Tabs has caught one of the tabs with its hand in the proverbial cookie jar.
The paper's Ireland correspondent wrote: "To a province of naysayers, he brought proverbial American can-do spirit.
Dole's campaign has been especially "porous," with aides emulating the proverbial seafaring rats.
But there's also a deeper problem here, which is that entertainment companies have not, in fact, been those proverbial free $20 bills.