How to Use ring true in a Sentence

ring true

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  • There’s a bunch of things like that that don’t ring true well with.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • The stereotype of a lone wolf coder doesn’t ring true these days.
    Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • The stereotype of a lone wolf coder doesn’t ring true these days.
    Andrea Guzman, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • And, as a sendup of the academy, some stuff doesn’t quite ring true.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • But that does not ring true at all with any of his players.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Still, at least for some, in the parts of big cities that aren’t too far from golf courses, the words ring true.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2024
  • But there’s something about her that doesn’t quite ring true.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2024
  • The panic of her first day back at work will ring true to any working mom.
    Janet Hook, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
  • These types of people all ring true, even if this is not laugh out loud funny.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The usage didn’t ring true to any consistent place or time.
    Caleb Madison, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Could the same ring true for Adidas or is the Ye brand just becoming too toxic to work with?
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The track and its powerful message still ring true for Pfeiffer to this day.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The points made re the NBA’s relationship with China ring true.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 June 2022
  • The unflattering portrait of Steve does not ring true for those who loved him.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • King’s words still ring true today, Blair-Lavallais said.
    Talia Richman, Dallas News, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The Wolverines will certainly hope Hayes' words ring true.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Times change but one thing will always ring true: the quality of the horse makes the race, not the quality of the corporate tent.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The experience seemed to ring true for Han this season.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2022
  • This sharply original novel about love, friendship and grief will ring true for so many of us these days.
    Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Nearly 40 years after Dune hit the big screen, both sentiments ring true.
    Max Evry, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For Bay Area natives of a certain age, the film’s settings, subcultures and music will ring true.
    Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • And for anyone who grew up in a family with a long shadow, that history will ring true.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Her words ring true for Decynthia Henderson, who lives across the parking lot from Bolds.
    Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Dec. 2020
  • And yet, there’s something about Louise and Antonina’s friendship that doesn’t quite ring true.
    Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Considering how much polarity there is in the country right now, the words seem to ring true.
    Dina Cheney, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2020
  • As the movement gains momentum, those words continue to ring true.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 27 July 2023
  • The craftsmanship and attention to detail ring true in this mudroom, too.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Payne gathers Woody and his many brothers for a funny scene that will ring true for anyone who comes from stoic people.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Through the nine-track effort, her soul-stirring takes on love, motherhood and self-assurance ring true.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Reminders of the limits of theory ring true to practical people.
    Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010

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