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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those experiences, he believes, convinced him that the text didn’t ring true.

From Los Angeles Times

I tried prose, but the sentences did not ring true for characters thinking and speaking Vietnamese, a language naturally crisp and poetic.

From Washington Post

And boy, does that quote ring true for the series.

From New York Times