How to Use (as) American as apple pie in a Sentence

(as) American as apple pie

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• The idea of consumerism being tied to our emotions is as American as apple pie.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2021
• To quote the popular idiom, blue jeans are as American as apple pie.
  — Erika Mailman, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
• So this is a judicial tradition at least as American as apple pie.
  — Harold Hongju Koh, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
• But Black death at the hands of the state is unfortunately at least as American as apple pie.
  — Mikki Kendall, Time, 4 June 2020
• After all, denial and dishonesty on matters of race are as American as apple pie.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, Wired, 19 June 2020
• Getting high—and overdosing—is after all, as American as apple pie.
  — Zachary Siegel, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
• Final Thoughts For many people, chewing dip is as American as apple pie.
  — Larry Carroll, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• Superman is as American as apple pie, in that both have their origins in the Middle East.
  — Joshua Miller, Longreads, 20 Oct. 2022
• Rising obesity rates are as American as apple pie — a cliché that seems freshly relevant in this context.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• Protecting foreign trade from harassment by pirates is as American as apple pie.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Mar. 2025
• The truth is, however, Chicken Parmesan is as American as apple pie.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2021
• It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• Dieting is about as American as apple pie, even if obesity remains a national issue.
  — Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• Here, pics of presidents with their grateful birds Turkey pardoning is a tradition that is as American as apple pie.
  — Alex Heigl, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• Bigotry, white supremacy, and white Christian nationalism are as American as apple pie.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
• While there's supposedly nothing as American as apple pie, the popular pie has some competition.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• Talking to the enemy is as American as apple pie, dating back to the Revolutionary War.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• There once was a time when a member of Congress could vote for some things as American as apple pie — like roads, bridges and other job-creating projects — without becoming the target of death threats.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
• The Capitol insurrection was born of a violent minoritarian tradition that is as American as apple pie—and it isn’t done yet.
  — Rick Perlstein, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2021
• And if Americans fail to tackle this issue in the years ahead, tribalism may become an entrenched part of our political system—a tradition as American as apple pie.
  — Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2019
• With sports betting becoming as American as apple pie, ensuring the safety of bettors is becoming an increasing priority.
  — Michael Loré, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• Corporate America’s response to even a hint of controversy, no matter how specious the boycotters’ objections, is as American as apple pie.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• Punt the excess alcohol Although beer and football might seem as American as apple pie, alcohol can increase the risk for high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythms, obesity, stroke and more.
  — Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
• Indeed, gambling has become as American as apple pie and red, white and blue, with Las Vegas odds used in legitimate discussions to analyze political races and sporting events.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
• Rebellion against what is considered excessive government oversight is as American as apple pie and Chevys; in 1882, abolitionist Frederick Douglass told a reporter that mandatory vaccines encroached on people’s liberty and freedom of choice.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2018