How to Use well-founded in a Sentence

well-founded

adjective

• His concern now seems well-founded.
  — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
• The next few weeks will show if that confidence is well-founded.
  — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• The bullishness is well-founded.
  — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Your confusion and hurt are well-founded.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
• That fear was probably well-founded.
  — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
• Just make sure that your concerns are well-founded and not based on assumptions or stereotypes.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2026
• That skepticism is well-founded.
  — Luis Peralta, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
• That perspective is well-founded.
  — Marcus Balzereit, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• That certainty proved well-founded.
  — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
• That confidence proved well-founded.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
• The guidance to assume compromise is well-founded.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
• The opponents’ concerns are well-founded.
  — Alex Weatherall, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
• And the Republicans’ concern is well-founded.
  — Douglas E. Schoen, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
• Many predicted this sort of mission-creep when VAR was in its infancy, and those warnings have proven well-founded.
  — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
• However, the team's recent poor performance has generated all kinds of comments, some more well-founded than others.
  — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
• Concerns about mental health deteriorating on these types of deployments are well-founded.
  — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
• Their concern—well-founded—is that college has become an increasingly expensive pathway to success.
  — Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
• One of these targets was to define a sound and well-founded strategy for Calik Denim to become a carbon-neutral company.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
• Republicans, meanwhile, are whispering that Democrats' fears of unused Platner oppo are well-founded.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 June 2026
• Gen Z’s concerns are well-founded—and echo warnings from leading AI experts and mounting management evidence.
  — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• These fears are well-founded, as authorities have previously executed many protesters following grossly unfair trials, while many others remain on death row.
  — Hamid Kashani, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
• While the exec has plenty of reason to publicly project confidence, his characterization is well-founded in regulatory procedural norms.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
• In the settlement agreement, Ceratizit neither admits liability nor concedes that the government’s claims are well-founded.
  — Desiree Mathurin december 19, Charlotte Observer, 19 Dec. 2025
• Add to that an affordability crisis hitting families’ checkbooks and many businesses’ eager push to utilize artificial intelligence, and workers’ sentiments appear well-founded.
  — Matt Helmer, Fortune, 23 May 2026
• And that uncertainty may be well-founded, because according to The Athletic national baseball writer and former MLB general manager Jim Bowden, there's another All-Star second baseman in the division who could make sense for New York.
  — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025