ring true
Example Sentences
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The more we learn about these well-designed spaces, the more Picasso’s words ring true.
The words British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey spoke on the eve of World War I ring true a century later.
Her words ring true for me because I experienced the existential terror of loving my child so fiercely, caring for her so full-bodied, that the only way I could sustain this in the midst of her health crisis was to divide from myself and experience the horror of disappearing.
From Los Angeles Times
“Those Friday gains are also likely to encourage short-term momentum buyers to enter the fray once again. It is usually the case that one record high begets a few more, and that seems likely to ring true for silver.”
From Barron's
The connections to O’Neill and Samuel Beckett, in particular, ring true.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
