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:

At least in theory, Mississippi now could replace even its small cash contribution with the proverbial "bus ticket North."
This is not the first time Keeping Tabs has caught one of the tabs with its hand in the proverbial cookie jar.
Dole's campaign has been especially "porous," with aides emulating the proverbial seafaring rats.
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.
It is just that, to employ a proverbial expression, he does not practise what he preaches.