Meaning of ring of truth | Babel Free

Definitions

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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