How to Use adage in a Sentence

adage

noun

• There is the old baseball adage that anything can happen in a short series.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2020
• The age-old adage rings true: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  — Elizabeth Cantwell, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2020
• There is the playoff adage that good pitching beats good hitting and that will be put to test in this series.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2020
• That’s an adage proving true at Mayhew Bakery these days.
  — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• But the old football adage about the winner of the turnover battle rung true Saturday.
  — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2020
• But the old adage that the playoffs are a whole new year seems to be appropriate for the Wildcats.
  — cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
• But the old adage goes that the Masters doesn't begin until the back nine on Sunday.
  — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 6 Nov. 2020
• The song has since been covered by a wide range of artists, affirming the adage that a great song can be performed in any number of styles.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2020
• There's an adage in football that says if your defensive backs are your leading tacklers something must be wrong with your defense.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2020
• What’s that old adage about the backup quarterback being the most popular player on a football team?
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 20 Sep. 2020
• Applying that adage to this defense, which relies so much on stout linebacker and safety play, would be misguided.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2020
• And Hacks proved the old adage that the third time’s the charm, when its third season earned it the award for outstanding comedy series.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 16 Sep. 2024
• There is an old Washington adage that personnel is policy.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2020
• Part of that is because of his position: There's the old adage that the backup quarterback is the most popular player on the team.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020
• Facing a first-degree murder charge, Mickey chooses to defend himself, ignoring the adage that a lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a client.
  — Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• Amis’s misreading of the Johnson adage carries some irony given that Inside Story is at once his bulkiest book and his weirdest.
  — Leo Robson, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• Jeff Merchant, who chairs the Utah Democratic Party, said this year’s presidential race has turned on its head the old adage about how all politics is local.
  — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2020
• As the adage goes, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.
  — Camille Bromley, WIRED, 1 July 2024
• But as the old adage says, heavy is the head that wears it.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
• The misery of the bed-maker is kind of the whole point of the adage.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
• As the adage goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
  — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• But the adage held true Monday, much to the chagrin of the Cougars.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022
• There's an old adage which goes: When the cat's away, the mice will play.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
• The old adage is that turnovers tend to come in bunches.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2020
• The old adage remains true that the dose makes the poison.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
• But as the adage goes, to be heard is not to be heeded.
  — Timothy R. Clark, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• The old adage is true, that the buck stops at the president’s desk.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2020
• And there's that adage about not wanting to see how the sausage gets made.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2021
• Many will follow the adage not to fight the central bank.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
• But the ancient adage remains forever true — pitching wins championships.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024