general truth

Example Sentences

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Human beings are outliers: we live much longer than other creatures of our size, defying the general truth that smaller animals live shorter lives than bigger ones.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

The scene demonstrates a general truth, namely that when Hollywood does maths, it doesn’t necessarily add up.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2016

And it is a general truth that the longer the duration of a shock, the greater its effects.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

That story exemplifies the general truth about mandatory disclosure: it entails vastly more cost than benefit.

From Forbes • Sep. 8, 2014

I spoke generally: bear witness to the general truth of the picture, for it will fit others as well as the personages I have brought before you, who are, indeed, but specimens of a species.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)