true story

noun

: an account of something that really happened

Examples of true story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Things go from bad to worse in this movie, which is based on a true story. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

That’s a true story, although historians are still debating how many of the sailors died of exposure and how many were actually killed by sharks. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Based on a true story, Jeffrey Archer’s final novel is an epic. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Matt Passmore, Emily Rose, Gabriel Nagy and Hudson Macready star in the film, which tells the true story of a family confronting addiction and loss while finding its way back to one another. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for true story

• aurore
• forbore
• outlawry
• pylori
• savoury
• signori
• signory
• vainglory
• accusatory
• admonitory
• ambulatory
• amendatory