Examples of ring false in a Sentence
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Sure, the framing device, involving a P.I. (Kevin Kline) and an angel of death (Virginia Madsen), is a little contrived, and Garrison Keillor’s avuncular drawl may ring false to today’s ears.
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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Leyla’s gentle insistence that her lifelong friend can confide in her begins to ring false, and Taroon can’t bear to have a keeper, so old habits of rebellion against a know-it-all sister may doom him.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
Former and current Corrections employees say these recruiting efforts are too little, too late — and ring false given the dire situation inside.
—Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
But Kim’s attempts to out-flank Raths on the right may ring false with some voters.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
And given the hypernaturalistic trappings, some details ring false.
—New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
For us, however, those ringing words ring false.
—Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
In other moments, though, the movie can ring false.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 25 June 2021
August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Leyla’s gentle insistence that her lifelong friend can confide in her begins to ring false, and Taroon can’t bear to have a keeper, so old habits of rebellion against a know-it-all sister may doom him.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
Former and current Corrections employees say these recruiting efforts are too little, too late — and ring false given the dire situation inside.
—Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
But Kim’s attempts to out-flank Raths on the right may ring false with some voters.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
And given the hypernaturalistic trappings, some details ring false.
—New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
For us, however, those ringing words ring false.
—Michael Bérubé, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
In other moments, though, the movie can ring false.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 25 June 2021
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