Sentence examples for proverbial diamond from inspiring English sources

Ghana has long been a proverbial diamond in the rough.

No matter the case, we'd all like to find the proverbial diamond in the rough.

He took the time to shine his proverbial diamond, and now he can only thank himself for his national acclaim.

According to a Kindle Direct Publishing forum user, Amazon is quietly rolling out a way to find diamonds in the proverbial publishing rough.

Speaking at one of the panel discussions during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu last week, Kevin Chang, Executive Director of KUA Hawaii, recalled the proverbial story of the man who scoured the world looking for diamonds.

The proverbial blank slate".

The title became proverbial.

Are we the proverbial chopped liver?

BEE hives are proverbial models of order.

This is the proverbial black swan.

Flat as the proverbial pancake.