From my current comp piece:
Connor attempted to start three sentences at once, then utter frustration squeezed shut his lips and began to ooze from his tear ducts.
...or something like that
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Nonetheless, she persisted. (From A Truckers Girl and borrowed from Mitch McConnell.)
It was probably a cop who first uttered the phrase There's nothing new under the sun. The night shift, however, was a different matter.
"Banalities fall like cigarette butts." From one of my poem/song lyrics on site.