Use of proverb in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include proverb at the start of sentence, proverb at the end of sentence and proverb in the middle of sentence

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proverb at the end of sentence


  1. He is fickle to a proverb.
  2. His ignorance is a proverb.
  3. He is punctual to a proverb.
  4. He is ignorant to a proverb.
  5. His punctuality is a proverb.
  6. His words may pass into a proverb.
  7. "measure for measure" is a proverb.
  8. They were ridiculous even to a proverb.
  9. " Practice makes perfect. " is a proverb.
  10. Rome was not built in a day. ---- proverb.
  11. He grinned and then uttered a Swahili proverb.
  12. 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is a proverb.
  13. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

proverb in the middle of sentence


  1. A proverb in fact from hell.
  2. He is a proverb for carelessness.
  3. As the proverb goes, time is money.
  4. That proverb is apposite to this case.
  5. As the proverb says, no pains, no gains.
  6. As the proverb says , idle young, needy old.
  7. As the proverb says, honesty is the best policy.
  8. The appetite, says the proverb, grows with eating.
  9. An old Arab proverb says, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".
  10. This is a proverb and you ought to stick it down and learn it by heart.
  11. In reply, he quoted a Sanskrit proverb: 'Forgiveness is the ornament of the brave'.
  12. March, according to the weather proverb, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
  13. Do you remember this old proverb: 'When poverty comes in the door, love flies out of the window'?
  14. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will never hurt us, as the noted proverb has it.
  15. "There are only two creatures," says a proverb, "who can surmount the pyramids the eagle and the snail.
  16. There is as it happens an Anglo-Saxon proverb analogous to Lord Acton's, but still significantly different.

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