be true
Example Sentences
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That couldn’t literally be true, of course — but at least, at long last, it kind of felt so.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
“That report is almost too good to be true for somebody of his age,” Shutze said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
But it turned out to be too good to be true: A quick bit of due diligence revealed that the buyer wasn’t all that he promised.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Zhang's team argues that both can be true if beneficial mutations are often temporary.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
One thing I know: that if my instinct be true regarding poor Mrs. Harker’s silences, then there is a terrible difficulty—an unknown danger—in the work before us.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
