be true to

Example Sentences

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"Ultimately, I had to be true to who I was and remove myself from that space," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“There were a lot of adjustments that we had to do within the animation to be true to the original intention.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

“He’s going to be true to the mission of the Fed,” Rice said.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

The technology sounded too good to be true to him, given its supposed date of deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

“Gracias,” Sandi said, as if the Barbie doll had to be true to her Spanish costume.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez