Use "proverbial" in a sentence

1. Only time will tell whether Aldman’s theories are all just wild conspiracy or if Blitzer truly is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing

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2. She’s been up and down like the proverbial yo-yo all day … I don’t think she intended me to realise but I could hardly fail to notice

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3. combined, water formed as notes tumbled over cosmic cliff edges, and proverbial

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4. I hung on grimly, watching in the darkness through dimmed cow-eyes, waiting for that proverbial light at the end of this very real tunnel

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5. Cells coalesced as notes in the song combined, water formed as notes tumbled over cosmic cliff edges, and proverbial butterfly wings fluttered in their thousands over the future-distant space of Beijing

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6. beat the proverbial heart of gold

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7. Up the proverbial without a paddle

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8. We aren't allowed to know when the proverbial clock

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9. He had to trust his proverbial gut, which rarely failed him

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10. In his dashing clothes she almost expected to find a white horse outside – the proverbial handsome warrior on a white steed ready to rescue the damsel in distress

11. It is the proverbial

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12. proverbial saying that the road to hell is paved with

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13. He felt foolish, a naïve child, being drawn into their trap like the proverbial fly to sticky paper

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14. Though there were no means of testing the accuracy of this statement, it must be accepted with the proverbial grain of salt

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15. She had slept like the proverbial log and obviously Helen Booker didn’t expect them to be early risers

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16. It is arguable that the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts was the (final) straw that broke the (proverbial) camel‘s back although I‘m not so certain considering that a greater proportion of Republicans rather than Democrats supported these measures

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17. On the other hand, Shame is just as likely an accidental by-product of having had one‘s hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar

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18. A Republican caught red-handed with his or her hand in the (proverbial) cookie jar is likely to feign shame and remorse for such an

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19. I believe that what we are witnessing represents the tip of the proverbial iceberg

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20. Such attitudes require raising the proverbial bar to its highest level in order to provide every student an opportunity to recognize, if not otherwise achieve the highest limit of his or her natural potential

21. They were also in the minority, and couldn’t deny there were no good specials in their necks of the proverbial woods

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22. It wasn’t the proverbial, ‘bucket list

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23. And that only helped to tie my brain in a knot, not as large as the proverbial Gordian one, but still, definitely a pain

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24. It was the proverbial three-minute news story

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25. And then of course there is the proverbial elephant who gave me such a start the other day

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26. of these incidents is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg; Shri Maharaj

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27. I hopped into the houpte and thought about what I could do to occupy myself for the rest of the day when the proverbial light bulb came on

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28. This inconceivable sin of Saul is the proverbial last straw and so he seals, not only his own fate, but also that of his sons

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29. The proverbial ghost, sitting on a cloud and playing the harp

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30. When you stand in the proverbial queue to receive your judgement, it will not be the pastor, the preacher or even the great Dr Isak Burger who will be judging you, but SCRIPTURES! You will also not be allowed to defend yourself by stating that the pastor told you it was okay

31. Then, the proverbial John and Jane arrives from 600 miles away to attend the funeral and the family is in total ecstasy to see John and Jane again, so much so they forget the event is actually a funeral – where somebody died you know…! Its greetings, conversations, loud laughter and merriment, before they even made it into house where the grieving family is at

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32. Dear reader, the most unfortunate but nonetheless true reality is this: When you die you’ve had your proverbial chips and your hourglass has run out

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33. In hindsight, a letter in the post would have been much safer; in my haste to have Margaret by my side, I fear that I have thrown caution to the proverbial winds

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34. She had come to make peace, to offer that proverbial honey that was supposed to catch more flies

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35. He was not your proverbial sweetheart by any stretch of the imagination

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36. As for that proverbial cup, mine wasn't half full yet, but at least it was not

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37. proverbial white picket fence, a single car garage, and flowerbeds filled with tulips in the

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38. around me, it was like being fondled by the proverbial octopus, his hands like groping

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39. This is like the proverbial “fox watching over the hen house

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40. stood up the way it did whenever the proverbial excrement was

41. March came in like the proverbial lion with a huge

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42. from the proverbial frying pan into fire

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43. into the proverbial fire fight

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44. This is it, the proverbial icing to your much anticipated cake

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45. These examples are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of insidious socialistic programs past, present, and future

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46. “As the proverbial insider, meeting the higher ups of the world

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47. Matrielle's death had caused a proverbial sleeping giant to wake up

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48. "The proverbial government of women not laws, eh? What's the plan?"

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49. One picture would be worth the proverbial 1000 words but let me try to explain the principle

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50. And now, you’ve come along-the proverbial last straw

51. violation was the proverbial straw which broke the camel's back

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52. How do you handle life's proverbial plum when it falls into the syrup? As I'd been

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53. They proved the proverbial saying, "Some can't see the forest for the trees" to be correct

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54. Troubled by such woeful omens, I set aside a little bit from my sister trying to digest the proverbial news

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55. The proverbial carpet that would serve us as transport the following day was lying coiled next to the gangway

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56. On a whim, I took two courses my Junior year that put me on Frost's proverbial road less traveled

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57. “Murdered?! That geek?! Who the hell would murder him? He was a pathetic dweeb,” you hit the nail on its proverbial noggin

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58. Like a kid in the proverbial candy shop trying to pick which treat to purchase, you’re faced with a massive dilemma—which weapon to choose from? There’re plasma blasters, ion cannons, super-intensive heavy particle beams, antimatter warheads, magnetic disrupters, whole-population quantum spin-flip initiators, the old-fashioned nuclear-fission-driven laser bank, and a slingshot

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59. make a grab for it? Handed to him on the proverbial platter? The elevator

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60. She had remained so driven by the proverbial carrot in front of her nose that she had never stopped to think about the capture of the prize

61. It is a typical case of proverbial stubbornness

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62. The look of surprise in Richard's eyes was one of the proverbial deer caught in the headlights of an on coming car

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63. Do you think the path might be cleared to approach a spiritual state where everything is the proverbial grist? Do you think you could realize that there is nothing to forgive? Do you think you would have the chance to discuss your views with Adolph Hitler when you meet him in heaven?"

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64. has become the proverbial "big stick

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65. The proverbial ass of the beetle had four round rockets spewing out orange flames

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66. “Hey, why not get the story from the proverbial horse’s mouth?”

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67. For her, it seemed as if she was trapped in a proverbial crystal ball while all around her, time was speeding past

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68. stuck out like the proverbial! Anyone scanning through the pages couldn't help but get hit in

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69. was astir with the proverbial butterflies, and I felt as if I could talk

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70. “There is one other thing,” Lady Jane added to prevent him from excusing himself so that she could supply further information as yet unrevealed which may drive the nail further into the proverbial coffin

71. That's the proverbial question, isn't it?"

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72. Before Turner could reply with his proverbial harshness, McCain hurried to jump in the conversation

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73. The fourteen Marine and Navy then arrived on the scene, like the proverbial late Carabinieri

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74. It was a powder keg, ready to blow, and I was being sent in to find the proverbial ‘needle in a

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75. In essence, he needed to be the proverbial fly on the wall

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76. Build your own empire and set your children on that proverbial

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77. good plan that killed far more than the two proverbial birds with one

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78. It is this “required return” that forms the cost of equity, and the proverbial “rate of

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79. were rapidly being replaced by the proverbial 800 pound gorilla - systems that were both

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80. Rather than the proverbial “coin toss”, a higher operating margin is an arbiter of

81. Feeling a bit like someone being thrown into the proverbial snake pit, Ann got up and walked to the lectern, with Ferguson giving his place to her before returning to his seat

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82. A final visit to the warehouse of the big merchant mentioned by Omar proved to be the proverbial icing on the cake, with another 700 tons of rice and 500 tons of wheat bought from that merchant

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83. ” The crowd of people became silent like the proverbial tree, falling in the forest with no one to hear it

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84. barge into Rudy's to sell Rolexes that had fallen off the proverbial truck on 11th Avenue?

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85. The new German administration, in place since 1949, had however gone to work with the proverbial German efficiency and had done near miracles in those last few years

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86. The hair, eyes and brows were all so proverbial that I got lost in them,

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87. Without another word, he shot up the anchor-chain like the proverbial rat up a drain-pipe

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88. The only good thing to come from this result is that we still are saved by the proverbial " skin of our teeth

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89. It’s the proverbial butterfly theorem for weather prediction

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90. Not unlike the proverbial calm before the storm, the operating room at Duke Medical Center at the moment was nearly empty – barring one anesthetist and her attendant who watched as the fourteen-year-old male patient silently lying next to them dropped into a deep peaceful sleep

91. The proverbial blonde, we bumble around not quite sure what

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92. In seeing the serious expression now reflecting on his mother’s face, Paul definitely knew, he hit the proverbial nail on its head

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93. proverbial man downstairs waiting for the other shoe to drop

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94. There can be little doubt that this expression is a proverbial one

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95. In June 2013, on the proverbial steps of the courthouse, the department capitulated and offered to release about 12 000 pages in 42 files

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96. ‘Well, how I lectured her to opt for the match, though I myself wasn’t impressed with Sathyam? How cruel that I placed the proverbial last straw on her emotionally unstable back then, though unwittingly

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97. couldn't punch their way out of the proverbial paper bag, still I hadda give the

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