Sentence examples for old bromides about from inspiring English sources

PARIS — Those who believe the old bromides about the French and their slack work ethic would do well to observe the frenzy of study that seizes this country's teenagers each June.

The old bromides about eating well and exercise still apply.

Thanks to Roosevelt, old bromides about the inerrancy of laissez-faire capitalism were tossed aside, replaced by a sense that government was needed to stand watch over the unbridled greed of markets.

And spare us that old bromide about how the next kid may turn out to be the Einstein who saves us; considering the rich-poor gap, it's more likely to be an Osama Bin Laden bent on destroying us.

Then I have accomplished one of my goals, to show how unhelpful the old bromides are when trying to guess what will happen next.

The old bromides just don't tell the full story and miss all the most interesting parts.

The planning kit's instructions on how Republicans are to talk about the economy call to mind old Soviet bromides about record wheat harvests.

The old bromide "rare as hen's teeth" doesn't apply to Mr. Park's hens, chicks and cocks, all of whom sport wide, toothy grins.

But one old bromide holds that a thick wallet -- or even one that's not so thick -- can harm the lower back for those sit on it for too long.

We Americans spout bromides about freedom.

I mumbled some bromides about hoping that things would get better.