proverbial

Example Sentences

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So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The Pitt is a sort of proverbial pit that we've all found ourselves in since Covid that we can't quite climb out of.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Next to all that, a rocky relationship styled into an on-and-off situationship for a reality TV subplot is the proverbial hill of beans Rick Blaine mentioned in “Casablanca.”

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Burger King’s Curtis and other executives who spoke with MarketWatch say they’re well aware that their efforts constitute just a drop in the proverbial bucket in terms of dealing with customer issues.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

The same can be said of the novel after the best-seller, the album that follows the gold record, or the proverbial sophomore jinx.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos