Sentence examples for this proverbial from inspiring English sources

There's not a lot of historical guidance on what might happen between this proverbial rock and hard place.

"Until this ruling, tech companies with data centers outside the U.S. were stuck in this proverbial rock and a hard place".

Despite this proverbial slap on the transparency wrist, can we expect the Pentagon to have its financial ducks in a row anytime soon?

Gladwell, as is his habit, pushes this proverbial wisdom to its logical conclusion, making the case that obstacles of all kinds are generally to be desired – not by the individual who suffers them necessarily but by society, for the qualities of courage and determination that they engender.

And it's in this proverbial pendulum where the problem lies.

But what if people could organize into this proverbial "firm" without having to trust one another?

Is this the proverbial mellowing as you get older?

On every river I've ever fished, there is always something like this, the proverbial blue hole, where all the river's mystery lingers in a swirl before moving downstream.

But is this the proverbial straw that broke the even-toed ungulates' back?

This is the proverbial black swan.

This was the proverbial Aladdin's cave of collectibles.