sayings

Example Sentences

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The following year, Pulte even produced a slim volume annotating some of his grandfather’s sayings and quotations.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The Soviet Union was a land of shortages, but there was no shortage of acerbic sayings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Remember those sayings about college football coaches in their first few seasons?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

One of my favorite sayings is that there are no silver bullets in medicine.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2025

That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou