apothegm
Example Sentences
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On Saturday, Broner apologized for his language, invoking an apothegm of his own invention.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2015
He was an apothegm slinger; he was unstoppable.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2012
The Philip Green approach, "done and dusted, back to the beach", is not their style, any more than his apothegm: "I want to make a profit, not be a prophet."
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2010
And Philadelphia's self-controlled Surgeon William Wayne Babcock, who once awed doctors by violating a surgical apothegm and performing an operation on his wife, contributed the first paper.
From Time Magazine Archive
This apothegm is based upon reason, justice and sound philosophy.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
