motto

Example Sentences

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"I always say to people, do what scares you," she says of her personal motto.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The meticulous sonic approach brings to mind some of the lush ’80s work from the German jazz and experimental label ECM, whose motto is “The Most Beautiful Sound Next to Silence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“Out with the old mess, in with the new” is the reality genre’s unspoken motto, but let’s think about what that means here.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Perhaps that’s because the audience, in the script, is cast as attendees of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertude Stein’s brunch meeting, whose motto is “no men, no meat, all manners.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

It was the unofficial motto of the Sisterhood.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill