cry of wolf
Example Sentences
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More probably, the very volume and intensity of coup talk had dulled his political antennae; the cry of wolf was sounding old and tired.
From Time Magazine Archive
To one practiced in the Theatre or toa layman fastidious in the matter of emotional stimuli, it will sound like the cry of wolf, wolf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet The Limits to Growth cannot be dismissed as just another cry of wolf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then they heard the wolf's long cry, and the long cry of wolf replying.
From The Scouts of the Valley by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
In a matter like that French invasion, which had been threatened for such a time, and kept so long impending, "the cry of wolf" grows stale at last, and then the real danger comes.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
