ring true

idiom

: to sound true
Her explanation didn't ring true.

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Practices like that will feel familiar from your religious upbringing; your project now is to retrofit them in ways that ring true to you. Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Oct. 2024 However, words don’t always ring true with an audience if there isn’t something to substantiate them. John Hall, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 Almost two centuries later, the same sentiments ring true for the city on the border of Missouri and Kansas. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024 Those attributes certainly ring true in Karen and Tippany Wills. To Tippany, Karen was more than just her big sister. Anna Turning, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ring true 

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“Ring true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20true. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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