genuine

Example Sentences

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More than most Cold War thrillers, this true story offers genuine suspense—and genuine insight into Mitrokhin’s complex motivations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Speaking to players publicly and privately during United's summer trip to the United States, there was genuine enthusiasm for the season that lay ahead.

From BBC

This period also appears to have been his only genuine brush with the military, with his name appearing in the London Gazette in 1991 as part of the college's Combined Cadet Force.

From BBC

"It should have been a genuine opportunity to remember and think about the lives of all those who have served their country and their community," he said.

From BBC

"I rarely know the intelligence agents' backgrounds when they are sent on the course, and I doubt the names I'm given are genuine anyway," he says.

From BBC