How to Use maxim in a Sentence

maxim

noun
  • But that maxim may not hold up this year.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That maxim is proven once again in a two-minute video shared by the .
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 3 Mar. 2020
  • One of his maxims is that managers should not aim to be liked.
    — Bylila MacLellan, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • There are three problems with this maxim.
    — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But a beetle the size of a grain of sand flips this maxim on its head.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022
  • After all, as the old maxim goes, the best cure for high prices is high prices.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Quintero said his tech skills are proof enough of the maxim that old dogs can learn new tricks.
    — Ambar Castillo, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
  • All the stories stress the maxim that our species must adapt or perish.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2021
  • Yet this is more than a pithy maxim, it’s grounded in science.
    — Margie Warrell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • So ingrained is this maxim that most lay people can recite it.
    — Danny Cevallos, CNN, 8 June 2017
  • War is hell — and Warfare does its damnedest to honor that old maxim.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The Sonicare brushing app is proof that this maxim couldn’t be truer.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • So why not give the pod a listen and the maxim a try to boost your summer’s success rate?
    — Pablo Goldstein, Vulture, 1 July 2021
  • As the maxim says, De gustibus non disputandum est.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • That line is more than a practical outdoor maxim.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • But the old maxim has taken on a new and more plausible form today.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The celebrity certainly lived up to that maxim.
    — Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Manfred has bucked that maxim before, with success.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The maxim for so long in international trade has been to remove all sand from the gears.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • One maxim of constitutional law is that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
    — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Chinos One of the maxims in menswear is that chinos are really just beat-up khakis.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Statham doesn't speak in much of it, in a movie that operates under the maxim leave no bullet unfired.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 6 May 2021
  • This was the maxim that guided the design process for Oliver's apartment.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
  • To overtly repeat a maxim to the marketplace may seem benign.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The United States is currently living out the first half of that maxim.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But Sue’s maxim was that ballet was for everybody — and every body — and her classroom was proof.
    — Elyse Durham, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Here are the maxims Hayden lives by to make her home feel cozy and personal—while still preserving her peace and her space.
    — Jenny Comita, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Seems silly to say it that way, but that maxim helps describe some of the ways that power and contact interact in the game of baseball.
    — Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
  • In financial terms, Hume’s work lay behind the maxim that past performance is not a guide to the future.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2023

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