How to Use saying in a Sentence

saying

noun

• But strength, as the saying goes, comes from the mouth of babes.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• As the saying goes, the North may have won the war, but the South won the peace.
  — Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
• Yet, as the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2022
• As the old saying goes: The War on Drugs is over — drugs won.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 19 Sep. 2022
• There’s a saying that the tribe is like a small stream.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
• But this is the time of the year when a win is a win, as the old saying goes.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• As the saying goes, the dogs barked and the caravan moved on.
  — John R. Bolton, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• As the saying goes, the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
  — Brice Englert, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as the saying goes.
  — Brian Shore, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• There's not much truth to the 'fight like cats and dogs' saying.
  — Lauren Corriher, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2021
• As the old saying goes -- where there's a fact, there's a gag.
  — Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
• As the saying goes, no one knows where the next war will be fought.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• What starts with the Jews, as the saying goes, never ends with the Jews.
  — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
• But, like the old saying goes, the cover-up was worse than the crime.
  — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
• But is there, as the saying goes, gold in them thar hills?
  — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
• It’s not the fall that kills you, as the saying goes — it’s the sudden stop at the bottom.
  — Martha White, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
• As the old saying goes, many hands can make light work.
  — Sumeet Kulkarni, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.
  — Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Oct. 2021
• As the saying goes, space is hard — hard on the wallet, that is.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2021
• As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder.
  — Jia Wertz, Forbes, 28 May 2022
• As the saying goes, the kitchen is the stomach of every home—and this one is *chef's kiss*.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
• As the old saying goes: A way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
  — Marco Torres, Chron, 7 July 2022
• Well, as the saying goes: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• The saying in the country's west is that a fed bear is a dead bear, Pepin said.
  — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
• Ball don’t lie, as the saying goes, and the Ravens didn’t deserve to win this game.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• This is the chickens coming home to roost, as the saying goes.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
• As the saying goes, the best advice is found on the pillow.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2021
• There’s a famous saying: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
  — Brady Slack, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Luckily for Eddie, his pets don't seem to fight like cats and dogs, as the saying goes.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
• There’s a saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024