How to Use saying in a Sentence

saying

noun

• John, John, the fish rots from the head, is that the saying?
  — Fox News, 21 June 2018
• But strength, as the saying goes, comes from the mouth of babes.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• As the saying goes, the North may have won the war, but the South won the peace.
  — Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
• But as the saying goes, then there are the facts on the ground.
  — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 9 Dec. 2017
• As the old saying goes, heavy is the head that wears the crown.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 July 2025
• But, as the saying goes, to the victor goes the spoils.
  — Andrew Canulette | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• When the cat’s away the mice will play, or so the saying goes.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 24 Sep. 2020
• Yet, as the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2022
• And as the saying goes, Democrats have to fall in love.
  — Lissandra Villa, Time, 25 Nov. 2019
• But, as the saying goes, what the right hand gives the left hand takes.
  — Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner, The Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2020
• As the saying goes, the higher the hair, the closer to God.
  — Sharlyn Pierre, Allure, 13 Oct. 2020
• As the old saying goes: The War on Drugs is over — drugs won.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 19 Sep. 2022
• There’s a saying that the tribe is like a small stream.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
• But this is the time of the year when a win is a win, as the old saying goes.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2021
• As the saying goes, where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 2 Oct. 2019
• As the saying goes, the dogs barked and the caravan moved on.
  — John R. Bolton, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• The corny saying of ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ holds true.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2019
• As the saying goes, the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
  — Brice Englert, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as the saying goes.
  — Brian Shore, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• As the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
  — Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018
• There's not much truth to the 'fight like cats and dogs' saying.
  — Lauren Corriher, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2021
• As the old saying goes -- where there's a fact, there's a gag.
  — Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
• And as the saying goes, what’s good for the goose is also good for the goslings.
  — Gear Team, Wired, 14 Jan. 2021
• There’s this saying, The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 19 Sep. 2019
• But as the saying goes, the show must go on, and in this case that show is the Tony Awards.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 15 Oct. 2020
• As the saying goes, no one knows where the next war will be fought.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• That’s more than just a saying on the back of the warm-up shirts for the Thousand Oaks girls basketball team.
  — Dan Rios, Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
• This year’s crop of nominees also proved that age is nothing but a number, as the saying goes.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
• As the saying goes, the kitchen is the heart of the home—and where much of your day-to-day clutter ends up.
  — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
• There is a common saying in sports that the best ability is availability.
  — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026