How to Use the truth in a Sentence

the truth

noun
  • That the truth is the most effective weapon in the war of ideas.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 6 Apr. 2024
  • None of them, not a one, tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
  • Now, this is a woman who loves me enough to tell me the truth.
    Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Any ideas on how to tell her the truth as observed from afar?
    Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Our team wants to hear your tips, chase the leads and uncover the truth.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2024
  • Our team wants to hear your tips, chase the leads and uncover the truth.
    Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2024
  • Our team wants to hear your tips, chase the leads and uncover the truth.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Our team wants to hear your tips, chase the leads and uncover the truth.
    Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Howard worried that the truth might soon be out of the public reach.
    Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • But the truth is that caffeine is not healthy or safe for kids—even teenagers.
    Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Heck, Mike Pence? The moment any one of them speaks the truth about that man on stage, they get booed.
    Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2023
  • And the truth, the sacred cause of this country is larger than any one of us.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 July 2024
  • HOAs need their managers to tell them the truth, even truths the board would prefer not to hear.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • May the truth in your word guide our journeys and may the joy of your kingdom fill our homes.
    Woman's Day, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Our program is one of those programs where you’re told the truth.
    Mike Perrin | , al, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Because when the truth is no longer available, the lies are the only weapons left.
    Megan Burbank, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Or is the truth somewhere in the middle, in that murky space between red and blue and green?
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Is Hollywood still afraid of the truth about the atomic bomb?
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Chances are, the truth will not feature much in the coverage.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But the truth is, you are scarcely allowed the freedom to turn your brain off.
    Sarah Bregel, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • And the truth is that my husband’s plays are really fun to do.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • So, this was the first piece of evidence that said to you Mike Herman might be telling you the truth?
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • As always, the myth has its charms; but the truth is far more beautiful.
    Longreads, 20 July 2023
  • There were people in Congress who care about doing the right thing, who care about the truth.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 July 2023
  • May the truth always triumph; may the good always win over evil.
    Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This, a brusque opening credit tells us, can take up to a year, but the truth is that the process can go on much, much longer.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 2 July 2024
  • The result in 2024 will indicate which is closer to the truth.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • As the old saying goes, lies travel fast while the truth lags far behind.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2024
  • In our minds, there’s no boundary between just making it up and telling the truth.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • However, the truth is that there are major differences.
    Jessica Fields, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024

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