How to Use true to form in a Sentence

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  • His talk of fearless truth-telling has proved, true to form, to be just talk.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Teams have to force up at least three valid shot attempts while running through the course. Paul, true to form, protested the ruling on the sidelines while the other teams competed.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Will the Land-Dweller be true to form and come out with a quartz movement?
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Some of them, true to form, have tried to reduce their own weirdness to an equation.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And true to form, its users apply it in order to hasten a finish.
    Joseph Lezza, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Staying true to form, Iyo hit a moonsault wearing a garbage can.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Calhoun, true to form, was ready for it, his case sketched out on an easel pad in his spacious office.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2024
  • And true to form, the show at the Sunrise Theater went on, even in the dark.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Rarely are his leads neat or tidy, and true to form Lib is no saint, with sorrows and secrets of her own.
    Thomas Page, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Some spats arise, like when Luann, true to form, tries to make a move on Sonja’s hookup from the bar.
    Time, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But, true to form, the author says eagle-eyed readers should still be on the lookout for little twists and turns.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Staying true to form, Wang posted a video of his setup on social media, too.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • And true to form, the Mavericks opened the season losing four of their first seven games.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Even with her camera off, Young stays true to form throughout our conversation.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The Netflix showed stayed true to form when dressing Prince Charles for his nuptials.
    Janaya Wecker, ELLE, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Demon’s Souls are standouts) but true to form, nobody does it like Naughty Dog.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022
  • And true to form, New York’s bench outscored Cleveland’s 37-14.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The bag was true to form (though not true to size) with a golden shell-like casing and silver crystals to mimic the cream filling.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But, true to form as a facts-not-feelings guy, Burgos argues that what’s good for you isn’t always so cut-and-dried.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The next item on the agenda, if Apple stays true to form, is the appearance of the initial press reviews.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • So, true to form, Irvington will again host a weeklong celebration of all things creepy.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In its 12th incarnation, and true to form, this device brings a lot of value and features for less.
    Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And true to form, Nancy remembered all the details of our lunch — more than 30 years later!
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
  • And true to form, the show mirrors Ted’s ambivalence, half-heartedly throwing ideas against the wall.
    Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2023
  • If your husband is true to form, your children will probably figure out for themselves that their dad has a character flaw.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • And, true to form, pop culture addicts and crypto speculators have driven that memecoin’s price up—a lot.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But while most love songs tend to discuss love as a force that suspends time, Dacus, true to form, remains grounded in the inevitable.
    James Factora, Them, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Never one to hold back his thoughts, Butler remained true to form with his postgame remarks on Saturday.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
  • And yet, true to form, neither of those experiences has helped to soften the blow of releasing another book.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The decision was true to form, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former colleagues.
    Rachel Abrams, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022

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