How to Use adage in a Sentence

adage

noun

• But as the adage goes, to be heard is not to be heeded.
  — Timothy R. Clark, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• And there's that adage about not wanting to see how the sausage gets made.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2021
• Just remember the old adage: Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
  — Jacob M. Engel, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• And both prove the adage that in diplomacy, as in life, there is no real going home.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2021
• Similar to the adage on the best time to plant a tree, the best time to start on these efforts was 20 years ago.
  — Gary Steele, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• And please give us an example of a company that’s following that adage.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 18 May 2021
• This recent up-and-down pricing roller coaster confirms an old adage: The best cure for high prices is high prices.
  — Aden Barton, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
• For the past couple weeks it's been looking like that old adage in the commodities market about high prices being the cure for high prices.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 June 2021
• The strategy is also predicated on the adage that the best defense is a good offense.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2021
• The adage is: To find the next measles outbreak, find towns with Whole Foods supermarkets.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 20 June 2021
• Damage is caused by both wind speed and air pressure differences, but the adage of leaving windows open in an attempt to equalize pressure probably won’t help much.
  — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2021
• Blue Origin has not encountered similar tragic accidents during its testing phase, though — as an old industry adage goes — space is hard.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 10 June 2021
• When the Mavericks last were here, just six days ago, their playoff vibe could not have been more, to borrow Jalen Brunson’s favorite adage, immaculate.
  — Dallas News, 2 June 2021
• God Said No is an emotionally harrowing look inside the psyche of a musician wringing every drop of meaning from the old adage that great art comes from great pain.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
• The first adage came in answer to a question about the Eagles’ quarterback situation under new coach Nick Sirianni.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 20 May 2021
• The age-old adage that cats always land on their feet perplexed scientists for centuries, and the exact mechanics of the animal's righting reflex are still not completely understood.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 May 2021
• The adage is even more applicable today thanks to technological advances which literally enable misinformation to spread around the globe at the speed of light.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 17 May 2021
• 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 remains true that the dose makes the poison.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
• Many will follow the adage not to fight the central bank.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022
• That adage about how a film is made three times — on the page, on the set and in the edit — is true.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• But as the adage goes, the best defense is a good offense.
  — Melissa Russell, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• As the adage goes, don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
• Forget the adage about bark and bite, these Dawgs seemed to be all dark and no light.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2022
• There’s some truth to the adage for predicting a storm.
  — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 7 May 2023

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024