Meaning of ring of truth | Babel Free

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The impression of being truthful; especially of a statement or literary work; verisimilitude.

Examples

“At first I wasn't even sure I could believe⟳ the story, but I later felt it had a ring⟳ of truth to it.”

“I am too well accustomed to the taking of evidence not to detect⟳ the ring⟳ of truth.”

“She could hear⟳ the ring⟳ of truth in young Dawnish's voice.”

“As the rest⟳ of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring⟳ of truth of any film about railways.”

“It is fiction. But it has the absolute ring⟳ of truth.”

“Merchant Opold: This one promised compensation for services rendered. It humbly suggests that a sum of 250 credits would be most appropriate. Shepard: Would you have⟳ had any chance of getting this past customs without me? You can be a bit more generous. Merchant Opold: The other's words possess⟳ the discomforting ring⟳ of truth. Merchant Opold: This one could raise⟳ the sum to 500 credits. That is half this one's profit taken by the other. It can offer⟳ no more.”

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