Sentence examples for a veritable marathon from inspiring English sources

That second fight between the pair in 1963 lasted a full 130 seconds: a veritable marathon compared to what Tyson had in store for Spinks.

If Hollywood's teen movie annals are to be believed, summertime is a veritable marathon of coltish sexual activity, which is why they aren't to be believed, and why Mitchell's wistful, loving portrait of youths awkwardly at rest seems closer to the truth.

Of course there is a long way to go – a veritable marathon to follow the first-week sprint – but Joe Schmidt's side are purring nicely, as Ireland's former touchstone Brian O'Driscoll, now a spectator in the ITV commentary booth, observed after a thoroughly sound and impressive win.

At a mile and a half, it is the longest track in the United States and a veritable equine marathon.

A veritable bargain.

A veritable Gallic paradise.

A veritable treasure".

There is a veritable army of altruists.

It's a veritable winter wonderland.

A veritable symphony of strings, folk-style.

He is a veritable thinking machine.