ring true

Example Sentences

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“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 The Wall Street Journal

I tried prose, but the sentences did not ring true for characters thinking and speaking Vietnamese, a language naturally crisp and poetic.

From Washington Post

And boy, does that quote ring true for the series.

From New York Times

And, as a sendup of the academy, some stuff doesn’t quite ring true.

From Washington Post