How to Use bona fide in a Sentence

bona fide

adjective

• They have a bona fide claim for the loss.
• His latest record was a bona fide hit.
• She has established her position as a bona fide celebrity.
• This is George Clooney, bona fide movie star, at the close of 2020.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Dec. 2020
• By the end of the 1950s, Berry was a bona fide rock star—with a better car.
  — Eddie Dean, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• But the club doesn’t have a bona fide star to build around and is hoping for some luck in the draft.
  — Tom Withers, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2021
• But that’s not the same as bona fide protection against the virus.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2022
• For as long as Zoey Deutch has been in the public, she's been a bona fide hair chameleon.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 4 Mar. 2024
• Those fakes opened my eyes to the bona fide world of synthetics.
  — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• This is not the first time that the bona fide rule has led to controversy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
• Against the Yankees, Alexander looked like a bona fide starter.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2022
• In any case, there was no bona fide dispute in 2020 about the electoral votes.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• But Nunez — a bona fide big leaguer for the last three seasons — could have jumped ship.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2021
• Isikhuemhen and Rosborough are now bona fide stars in the world of truffles.
  — Andrew Kornylak, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2021
• Signing Burnes would give them two bona fide aces serving as a 1A-1B among the starters.
  — Drew Vonscio, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
• The Canucks entered the season looking poised to take the next step as a bona fide Cup contender.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• In the Heights fails to make Anthony Ramos a bona fide box office star.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
• Think about places closer to home yet far enough away to feel like a bona fide journey.
  — Gregory Wallace, CNN, 21 June 2022
• Whether or not this dry spell turns into a bona fide drought remains to be seen.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
• Nine months at the new residence will be required to make a move bona fide.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2022
• That is one of the reasons Bob Dozier was one of the most bona fide coaches in Michigan.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2022
• With the Browns a bona fide Super Bowl contender this year, Beckham could be the key piece that puts them over the top.
  — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2021
• Cape Cod is a bona fide seafood destination, and some of the best can be found at the Beachcomber.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2023
• Can’t think of a team that has done it without a bona fide superstar.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Schwartz had been the last bona fide starter the team signed in free agency for the line — and that was in 2016, and the Chiefs weren’t using top picks on linemen.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• Chappell Roan is a bona fide pop star who’s cemented her place in the canon.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
• His acting teeth are sharpened and ready to chew the scenery as the presaged bona fide psychopath.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• For bona fide rock stars Este, Alana, and Danielle Haim, family comes first.
  — Glamour, 26 Oct. 2022
• The crowd’s cheering quickly turned to awe—the scale read nearly 64 pounds, a bona fide monster.
  — Matt Carney, Outside Online, 15 June 2022
• After five seasons of learning and growing, Brooks has turned into a bona fide playmaker, and leader in the Miami.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Feb 2025