How to Use veritable in a Sentence

veritable

adjective
  • The women still have to sort through a veritable herd of men, with 29 guys left.
    oregonlive, 18 July 2022
  • Sardines and tuna are just the start of the veritable ocean of seafood available in a can.
    Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • This is why Musk’s about-face is such a threat to the veritable house-of-cards that’s been built to prop up the Bitcoin cult.
    Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 May 2021
  • True to its name, the Ocean can be anything from a smooth swell to a veritable whitecapped storm.
    Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 31 July 2023
  • But the state will need a veritable army of blue-collar workers to pull it off.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Cafe Tu Tu Tango: This is a veritable artists’ colony of good eating, stuff to please both the palette and the palate.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
  • And this is where lists become veritable guides to the truffles.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The god lured Orochi to a place where the serpent thought eight fresh virgins were waiting for him—a veritable feast.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
  • It’s no longer enough to just gild the lily; the lily must now be ballyhooed as a veritable garden, in full bloom.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
  • The most famous example, the veritable queen of all topsy-turvy desserts, is the French tarte Tatin.
    New York Times, 28 July 2022
  • The event is bound to be a veritable who’s who of Miranda’s exes.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Among the array of pools at the resort, the most striking is King’s Pond, a veritable aquarium that is home to dozens of species of fish.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The list of African oligarchs and politicians who have found safe haven in Dubai is a veritable rogues gallery of the continent.
    Matthew T. Page, TIME, 10 May 2024
  • As happens in rom-coms, Kal is a veritable gourmet cook who is well-versed in Arab dishes.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Left to her own devices, Doja is a veritable toy chest of ideas.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 June 2021
  • Our choice today is salted caramel mocha, a veritable taste of the Jersey shore.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
  • That all changed in 2020 with what proved to be a veritable boom of exclusive hotels.
    Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Spring has finally arrived and with it a veritable deluge of the best shoe sales.
    SELF, 1 Apr. 2022
  • And to think that veritable smiley face on wheels has such a dark history.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Add to that a veritable herd of new Walking Dead offerings on the horizon.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Price tags range from around $400 on the low end to a couple grand for a veritable, albeit temporary, fortress.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But there’s a veritable chasm between being rich enough to buy a hotel and being savvy enough to run one.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2024
  • No-shows that hit below the back of the shoe can inch down until there is a veritable, and uncomfortable, mound of sock under the arch of your foot.
    New York Times, 3 June 2022
  • Charles’ new wife, a veritable spinster at the ripe old age of 11, was young but at least age-appropriate.
    Anne Thériault, Longreads, 21 June 2022
  • By mid-2014, the sparkling drink had become a veritable thing stateside.
    Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
  • On April 20, which is cannabis culture slang, Twitter was a veritable haze.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • So, slather on some sunscreen — the sun shines year-round in Colorado — and head to the hills of Aspen, a veritable playground for anyone lucky enough to visit.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Just to get into the league players go through a veritable cattle call known as the scouting combine.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Since the album’s release, Charli has dropped a number of remixes of some of the LP’s most popular songs and featuring a veritable who’s-who of alt-pop girlies.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Wood was the chairman of Sears Roebuck and Co., a veritable temple of capitalism.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024

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