ring true

Example Sentences

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There are many aspects of your letter that ring true.

From MarketWatch

There’s a Buffett quote for everything but one in particular may ring true in light of the market’s recent swings.

From Barron's

The more we learn about these well-designed spaces, the more Picasso’s words ring true.

From The Wall Street Journal

The words British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey spoke on the eve of World War I ring true a century later.

From The Wall Street Journal

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