How to Use hold true in a Sentence
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These trends hold true across the world.
—Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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And for reef fish and many coastal species, that story can hold true.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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These all hold true, in Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
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If trends hold true, Ohio could be on the frontline once again.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022
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Did that hold true off-set, in your personal life?
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
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Many of the cliches about this compact, one-club city hold true.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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That high will hold true for the first several days of the workweek.
—Henri Hollis, ajc, 17 July 2021
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Some of these findings hold true even after just one session.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 31 July 2024
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The same would hold true for determining third and fourth place.
—Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
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If Bass was not a criminal, the same should hold true for her client.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
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If those estimates hold true, this would be one of the busiest spring break ever.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2024
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Nearly four decades later, that advice may still hold true.
—Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025
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To me, in my experience in my life and as an artist, that doesn’t seem to hold true.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
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Could the same principle hold true for AI?
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
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But whether that will hold true in November is still cause for concern.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
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In some set-ups, Cope’s Rule does indeed appear to hold true.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 Jan. 2024
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The same aspects that made the Flames a tough out then hold true in 2025.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
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Does the pea-sized application rule that applies to the face also hold true for the body?
—Elise Tabin, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Dec. 2022
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However, this may not hold true if the appliance is not well-maintained.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Mar. 2025
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But the same doesn’t seem to hold true for Brooklyn’s wife, Nicola Peltz.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Jan. 2026
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Though this doesn’t hold true everywhere, and local ecology plays a role.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2024
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But the same themes can hold true at more traditional businesses.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
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This may hold true for the relationships with grandmothers, as well.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 May 2025
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And while those principles still hold true, the conversation has evolved.
—Dave Wessinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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Taylor says the same should hold true for other predators that hunt prey in large flocks or shoals or murmurations.
—Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2022
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The science isn’t settled, and not all experts are convinced those patterns will hold true in the future.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 12 June 2024
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On the ground in the Udhampur constituency, that appears to hold true.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024
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If patterns from last year hold true, this will be reduced to 3-4 percent under the new guidance.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 19 May 2022
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Ways of relating and presumptions that hold true on Twitter now seem true in real life.
—WIRED, 2 Dec. 2022
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These differences hold true even when accounting for income, Gallup said.
—Bob Helbig, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
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