Example Sentences
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They are becoming the team proverbially patching up one hole only to see another develop.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Defensive end Calijah Kancey's cleats were covered in it, proverbially anyway.
From Fox News • Dec. 1, 2021
That acknowledgment of darkness and past trauma made Chromatica an appropriate mood for a year that, proverbially speaking, wouldn’t stop raining on us.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2020
Virgil’s genius was quickly recognized and his later career, as well as that of his friend Horace, was partly fostered by the proverbially rich Maecenas, an ardent patron of the arts.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2017
Everyone knew everyone, proverbially, and, in the case of the Shaws, it was probably closer to literally.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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