How to Use hold true in a Sentence
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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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The rest, 52%, say the promise used to hold true but no longer does, up 9 points.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024
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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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But that doesn’t hold true for all segments, Krantz says.
—John Koetsier, Forbes, 18 May 2022
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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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So wouldn’t that hold true for your running shoe size too?
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 12 Sep. 2023
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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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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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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 would hold true for determining third and fourth place.
—Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
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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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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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Auburn was able to generate a lot of pressure against UMass’ pass, but the same didn’t hold true for the running game.
—Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
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There are too many far left activists in the court for that expectation to hold true.
—Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review, 19 Nov. 2023
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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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But whether that will hold true in November is still cause for concern.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
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The same will hold true for hospitals, restaurants, schools, and other big food users in 2024.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2021
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Swift fans know that a track 5 on one of her own albums holds a special place; does the same hold true for Abrams, fans may wonder?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2024
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Two-thirds believe the American Dream doesn’t hold true.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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That will likely hold true this year, when four out of the five tracks are also ROTY nominees.
—Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024
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If all of those hold true, that puts the Patriots six players over the 90-man roster limit.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
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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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Whether the same things hold true for VO2 max in women is less clear, because there simply isn’t as much data on them.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 July 2024
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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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Did that hold true off-set, in your personal life?
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
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Could the same principle hold true for AI?
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
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Presumably, the same math will hold true for any other games Gobert loses to suspension the rest of the way.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
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If this year's predictions hold true, Christmas could be over 20 degrees warmer than the average.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
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These all hold true, in Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
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This would presumably hold true for hot Jupiters as well, but certainty about such arcana is elusive for these far-distant worlds.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
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