How to Use truth in a Sentence

truth

noun
  • Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
  • At some point you have to face the simple truth that we failed.
  • A reporter soon discovered the truth.
  • Their explanation was simpler but came closer to the truth.
  • The article explains the truth about global warming.
  • Her story contains a grain of truth but also lots of exaggeration.
  • As with all the best lies, this one is based on a kernel of truth.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But in truth both sides, and the league writ large, were all out to prove something that night.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Most staff wonder what their CEO wants to hear, rather than speaking the plain truth.
    Christian Stadler, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • After all, in truth, just about nothing is too big to fail.
    Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 July 2023
  • My way of thinking about the film was that everyone gets to tell their truth.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In truth, the most important eclipse of the year happens in late autumn...
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In truth, everyone in the room likely knew who Sturges was.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Finally, a weight had been lifted and the rap star could freely live her truth.
    Taiia Smart Young, Essence, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Christy Jack: This is the moment of truth; will their daughter get justice?
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Would this be ethical, or does the need for truth override my plan?
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In truth, though, the When Harry Met Sally references are a bit of a feint.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
  • Some carry that heaviness to the grave, and lucky are the ones empowered to speak their truth.
    Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s a truth: Your in-laws will not change in ways that favor your preferences.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The work of uncovering the full truth becomes a life sentence.
    Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • But the opportunity to seize the third wild card clouds a lot of truths about their true standing.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • And in truth, everybody would be stark raving mad at this point.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But he’ll have been forced to drink a humiliating cup of truth over a scam he’s been pulling for years.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But as with most stereotypes, there is a grain of truth to the notion that crypto involves some boy math.
    Byjeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe not In truth, there have been many false dawns at the Emirates Stadium in recent years.
    Ben Church, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The American people deserve to hear the full truth about the Biden censorship regime.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But even scarier is the soft apocalypse of a truth that's reduced to trivia.
    WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There are a lot of uncomfortable truths tackled in this film.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The answer, perhaps, was shame: What Ernaux seemed to have understood from the start is that shame is the obverse side of truth.
    Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • In truth, the success for each extends beyond the six-man rotation.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 30 Aug. 2023

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