Sentence examples for about as true from inspiring English sources

This was about as true of the indie-rock bands as it was of the troubadours and banjo pickers who more directly embody the festival's legacy.

But if a person's image is drastically altered, there should be a reminder that what you're seeing is about as true as what you saw in 'Avatar,' " the science-fiction movie with computer-generated actors and visual effects.

And that's about as true of an assessment to my own dad's predicament.

Most of us are so wrapped up in thick veils of irony and projected cool that the line about Kierkegaard that Chris Kraus trots out in I Love Dick that suggests that, "the sign will always triumph through the screen of an ironic signifier" is about as true and accurate as me saying that I'm both incredibly wealthy and incredibly handsome.

The ridiculous story of the 120 dogs that were fed the remains of Kim Jong-un's uncle originated from Hong Kong paper Wen Wei Po and is about as true as Kim Jonceil once hitting 11 holes in one on the golf course.

The ridiculous story of the 120 dogs that were fed the remains of Kim Jong-un's uncle originated from Hong Kong paper Wen Wei Po and is about as true as the bit about Kim Jonceil once hitting 11 holes in one on the golf course.

He appears in the opening scenes and is spoken about as the true threat to the world.

Here, for example, is a Crossroads/GPS ad that says that Elizabeth Warren is a champion of Wall Street -- a charge that's about as far from true as Nashville is from Sri Lanka.

The constructive empiricist thus recognizes claims about unobservables as true or false, but does not go so far as to believe or disbelieve them.

There is a common denominator for all who are and have been bullied: allowing ourselves to accept the degrading comments about us as true.

But what Gibson wrote about products was just as true about other, less visible trends in Japanese society: economic stagnation; a plunging fertility rate; a dramatic postponement of the "normal" milestones of adulthood, such as getting married or simply moving out of the family home; a creeping sense of ambivalence about what the future might hold.