Use of the word proverbial in a sentence example

proverbial

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Everyone in class knew the proverbial quote from the hit animated comedy. [Please select]

When my mother saw the dirty bathroom, she viewed the mess as the proverbial straw she needed to withhold my allowance. [Please select]

Unfortunately, the potential mate must be brought into the fold, even if doing so sinks the proverbial ship. [Please select]

Indeed, we question the proverbial capacity of cats in that way. [Please select]

Dolly hesitated, and with the proverbial result. [Please select]

"He 's got safe off twice, my lord; the third time is proverbial, and the odds must turn," urged Erskine. [Please select]

Florida became proverbial; and Elizabethan wits made endless fun of it. [Please select]

He is a veritable trickster, compared with which the proverbial cunning fox must take a back seat. [Please select]

But woman's proverbial curiosity could not withstand so great a temptation, and Pandora determined to solve the mystery at any cost. [Please select]

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