How to Use ring true in a Sentence

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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
• 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
• In this premiere staging and new script that was still being lightly tinkered with during rehearsals, a few elements don’t ring true enough.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024