proverbial

Example Sentences

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So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The Pitt is a sort of proverbial pit that we've all found ourselves in since Covid that we can't quite climb out of.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

While picking a big winner is like finding a proverbial needle in a haystack, it’s much easier than in 1926.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Next to all that, a rocky relationship styled into an on-and-off situationship for a reality TV subplot is the proverbial hill of beans Rick Blaine mentioned in “Casablanca.”

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

“I fear it like the proverbial blind man who’s afraid of the dark.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green