trueness

Example Sentences

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“It’s a sandy profile. It’s normally a bent-fescue sword. Because on croquet, like golf, the greens, it’s about the trueness and the smoothness. On a tennis court, it’s about rebound and ball height.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2022

I have just received a letter from Jimmy Britt, lightweight champion of the world, in which he tells me that he particularly enjoyed “The Game” on “account of its trueness to life.”

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

But the sadness and trueness in his eyes kept me standing straight and still, right there with him.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

And in the end that trueness could only come from its builder, from the care with which he exercised his craft, from the amount of heart he put into it.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The trueness of these lines was a wonder, and only Dolly's steady hand as she traced them with a paper cornucopia of icing could have resulted in such an effective scheme.

From Two Little Women by Wells, Carolyn