adage

Example Sentences

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I’m reminded of the now very old adage, “Nobody gets fired buying IBM.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The adage goes, it doesn’t have to be pretty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

It has been a Florida swing to prove the adage that tournaments are never over until they are over.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Will he follow the adage that revenge is a dish best served cold, and prefer to make peace, consolidate power and rebuild his military to fight another day?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Among Colored people there developed an adage: “You have to be twice as good in order to be thought of as half as good” as your White counterparts.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson