bona fides
Example Sentences
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Bloom’s first foray into crime fiction nails the genre’s conventions while her bona fides as a recently retired professor of English and psychotherapist in mid-state Connecticut make this book resonate as spot-on, hilarious truth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Some real-estate developers hope their environmental bona fides could draw in renters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
His achievements have helped struggling Californians live in an increasingly unaffordable state and given him bona fides to tout to voters if he launches a bid for the White House.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
He was “perceptive, meticulous, and scrupulous,” Mr. Ireland writes, and came by his revolutionary bona fides honestly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The first describes the way a speaker establishes—both overtly and more subtly—his bona fides as a speaker and his connection with the audience.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
