How to Use saying in a Sentence
saying
noun
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But strength, as the saying goes, comes from the mouth of babes.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2024
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As the saying goes, the North may have won the war, but the South won the peace.
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Eric Herschthal,
The New Republic,
15 Apr. 2022
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But, as the saying goes, to the victor goes the spoils.
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Andrew Canulette | Staff Writer,
NOLA.com,
6 Oct. 2020
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When the cat’s away the mice will play, or so the saying goes.
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Matt Simon,
Wired,
24 Sep. 2020
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Yet, as the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.
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Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2022
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But, as the saying goes, what the right hand gives the left hand takes.
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Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner,
The Enquirer,
25 Nov. 2020
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As the saying goes, the higher the hair, the closer to God.
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Sharlyn Pierre,
Allure,
13 Oct. 2020
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As the old saying goes: The War on Drugs is over — drugs won.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
19 Sep. 2022
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There’s a saying that the tribe is like a small stream.
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Washington Post,
4 Apr. 2022
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But this is the time of the year when a win is a win, as the old saying goes.
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Mike Preston,
baltimoresun.com,
26 Sep. 2021
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As the saying goes, the dogs barked and the caravan moved on.
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John R. Bolton,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
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As the saying goes, the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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Brice Englert,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2022
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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as the saying goes.
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Brian Shore,
Forbes,
31 Jan. 2022
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There's not much truth to the 'fight like cats and dogs' saying.
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Lauren Corriher,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2021
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As the old saying goes -- where there's a fact, there's a gag.
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Sherry Liang,
CNN,
30 Dec. 2021
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And as the saying goes, what’s good for the goose is also good for the goslings.
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Gear Team,
Wired,
14 Jan. 2021
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But as the saying goes, the show must go on, and in this case that show is the Tony Awards.
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Lauren Hubbard,
Town & Country,
15 Oct. 2020
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As the saying goes, no one knows where the next war will be fought.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
11 Feb. 2022
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But, as the saying goes, all good things come to an end.
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Phoebe Wall Howard Detroit Free Press,
Star Tribune,
9 Oct. 2020
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What starts with the Jews, as the saying goes, never ends with the Jews.
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Bret Stephens,
The Mercury News,
2 May 2024
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But, like the old saying goes, the cover-up was worse than the crime.
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Letters To The Editor,
Orange County Register,
10 June 2024
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But is there, as the saying goes, gold in them thar hills?
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Brooks Johnson,
Star Tribune,
7 May 2021
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It’s not the fall that kills you, as the saying goes — it’s the sudden stop at the bottom.
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Martha White,
CNN,
7 Oct. 2022
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As the old saying goes, many hands can make light work.
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Sumeet Kulkarni,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Sep. 2022
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But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.
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Shelby Ying Hyde,
Harper's BAZAAR,
13 Oct. 2021
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As the saying goes: The Stone Age did not end because of a lack of stones.
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Star Tribune,
23 Oct. 2020
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Thats the old saying that can apply to a lot of things in life.
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Joelle Goldstein,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Sep. 2020
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As the saying goes, space is hard — hard on the wallet, that is.
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Stefanie Waldek,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Aug. 2021
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As the saying goes, great things come in small packages.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Jan. 2025
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As the saying goes, ‘if Santa Claus should fail to call, bears may come to broad and wall’.
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Jesse Pound,sarah Min,
CNBC,
2 Jan. 2025
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