Example sentences for: proverbial

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

  • In fact, given the volatility of Internet stocks, it's more like the proverbial dog-bites-man story.

  • This is not the first time Keeping Tabs has caught one of the tabs with its hand in the proverbial cookie jar.

  • Marsh Harbour, in the center of Great Abaco Island, is the proverbial heart of the Abacos.

  • If economy with the truth is one proverbial option——Never tell the truth unless you have one foot in the stirrup—— as a general policy that is not without dangers also: The rope of untruth is short.

  • At least in theory, Mississippi now could replace even its small cash contribution with the proverbial "bus ticket North."


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