true-blue

Example Sentences

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They organized visits from true-blue French soccer ultras for a cultural exchange: the Europeans taught chants while the Texans taught barbecue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

One prince is an "absolute true-blue legend" whose vibrant eyes "blazed like a bushfire" while another is a "bit of a yobbo" who thinks others are "carrying on like a pack of galahs".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

This is a true-blue house shoe: deeply uncomfortable and designed for short-distance travel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Remember the true-blue flowering bandwagon we gardeners found ourselves on in the late ’90s?

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

She once called Lucy my “some-timey friend,” meaning Lucy wasn’t true-blue.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia