proverbial
Example Sentences
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Because we’re realizing you probably shouldn’t put all your proverbial eggs — or both of a city’s most beloved sports teams — in one guy’s basket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And I’ll make my financial case for how I justified writing a lump-sum check to a travel agency so large that I could picture my bank account clutching its proverbial pearls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
This Animal Farm does indeed put certain aspects of the book through a proverbial combine harvester.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He had no experience in elected office, no notable history of activist organizing, no college degree, no significant success in the private sector, not even a record of pulling himself up by his proverbial bootstraps.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
His evidence was mounting and profound; this was something different, this device that captivated the human senses, and, in a way, recognition of the risks required neither science nor proverbial rocket science.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Vocabulary lists containing proverbial
Bridge to Terabithia
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100 SAT words Beginning with "P"
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Bronx Masquerade
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