proverb

Example Sentences

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But if you invest for the long term, recognize that the economic sectors poised to grow more than average are those that help people become, as the old proverb has it, healthy, wealthy and wise.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The president quoted a Chinese proverb: "Range far your eye over long distances".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

The website led with what it called a proverb: “If you call one wolf, you invite the pack.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

His colleague Maria Cabella sent clients a note about stablecoins that began with a Latin proverb and a first-person recollection about her college roommate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

“What did Asase say the end of the proverb was? Beauty in the darkness … and power in the weakness.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer