How to Use proverb in a Sentence

proverb

noun

• The idea has the sheen of a proverb, timeless and true.
  — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2023
• As the old proverb goes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 26 July 2023
• There’s a proverb: A bedbug in the wall doesn’t go to a ball.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
• There is an old Chinese proverb: Close the door to beat the dog.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
• There’s an old Russian proverb: The tallest blade of grass is the first cut by the scythe.
  — Carl Weiser, Cincinnati.com, 6 Feb. 2020
• There is a Georgian proverb that the guest is from God.
  — Pallavi Kumar, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
• As the proverb says, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
  — Robert Rosenkranz, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2019
• There’s a Swahili proverb, Mtoto wa nyoka ni nyoka—the child of a snake is a snake.
  — Wired Opinion, Wired, 5 Feb. 2020
• The sauna is the poor man’s pharmacy, goes one old proverb.
  — Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 3 June 2023
• As the proverb goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
  — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2022
• A picture, so the proverb goes, is worth a thousand words.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 May 2017
• A proverb says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second-best time is today.
  — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 8 June 2017
• As the proverb goes, one swallow does not a summer make.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022
• And then the dog barks, and the caravan moves on, to paraphrase the old Arabic proverb.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2019
• When in a drought don't predict rain, the old proverb insists, with much truth.
  — Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
• In the words of an African proverb: no matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.
  — Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The title comes from a Tswana proverb: If the good doctor can’t cure you, find the less good doctor.
  — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• As the old proverb goes: There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.
  — Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022
• Most—if not all—of us have experienced the truth of this proverb, and faced the failure of our plans.
  — António Abrantes, Quartz at Work, 5 Dec. 2019
• The enemy of my enemy is my friend, as the proverb goes.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 2 Oct. 2019
• The mall makes good on the proverb that a Lego in the hand is worth more than two idling in a container at the Port of Los Angeles.
  — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
• This one even stretches the proverb about the wheels of justice turning slowly.
  — Nathan Fenno, latimes.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• As the old proverb says: all roads lead to Rome — or in this case, all personal journeys lead back to us.
  — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
• The French have a proverb: Children need models more than critics.
  — Bernadeia Johnson, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Like many African proverbs, this one is layered with meaning.
  — Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
• To quote an internet proverb: What happened to the original plot of the movie?
  — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 July 2021
• Paraphrased from an old proverb, the best time to plant a tree was yesterday, the second-best time is right now.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Add this to your book of Russian proverbs: He who only passes is passed.
  — Ronald Blum, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2018
• This is a proverb from Gatwa’s country of birth, Rwanda.
  — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• This was a lovely answer, if a mix of genuine belief and proverb.
  — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024