ring true

idiom

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

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Does this still ring true for you today? Outside Online, 31 Dec. 2025 The stand-up scenes ring true, and are even painful when Alex vents rather than invents on stage. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 These sentiments ring true in the down alternative travel pillow too. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 11 Nov. 2025 Good campaign design should also still ring true to the candidate, added Bhoopathy. Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025 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 6 Jan. 2026.

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