How to Use veritable in a Sentence
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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 -
Then, in her telling, Jackson faked a fall and goes into a medical stay just to get out of a commitment to HBO, seeming to turn his hospital room into a veritable drug den.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 -
Kelleher comes to revive you with refreshing juice, an amazing patchwork quilt, a veritable sprawl of gorgeous color.
— Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2024
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