prove false
Example Sentences
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The risk to the strategy—and it is hard to overstate it—is that stocks will plummet should reports of peace prove false.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
He was so good at ideas mixed with drama that he could create a drama which would prove false the notion that class should matter or language or a person’s ability with either.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021
Other senators noted that the argument for treating the issue as a matter of juvenile misbehavior does not hold if Kavanaugh’s current denials prove false.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2018
There is almost always a reason to be nervous, but the vast majority prove false.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2017
He had obtained this knowledge on condition that he would never reveal its possession, and with the further provision that should he prove false to his oath the penalty would be certain death.
From Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales by Adler, Cyrus
