ring true
Example Sentences
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“Those Friday gains are also likely to encourage short-term momentum buyers to enter the fray once again. It is usually the case that one record high begets a few more, and that seems likely to ring true for silver.”
From Barron's
The connections to O’Neill and Samuel Beckett, in particular, ring true.
“We are all still here because of how much we care about him and each other and the show; how he treats us, how close and familial this place is. ... And so it hurts any time someone says anything other than that. And it just doesn’t ring true.”
From Washington Post
In her face, Margaret’s glimmers of dawning self-awareness and hurt ring true.
From New York Times
Those experiences, he believes, convinced him that the text didn’t ring true.
From Los Angeles Times
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