Sentence examples for basis in truth from inspiring English sources

All the clichés about Hollywood have a basis in truth.

As such, they had some basis in truth.

One possibility is to keep in mind the old saying of Giambattista Vico: "myths have a public basis in truth".

Besides, he added, "we don't handle our evidence in that manner, so there's no basis in truth for it".

Mr Trump's invective should surprise no one; he relies on assertions that reinforce prejudices but have no basis in truth.

This may sound like a cliché you're more likely to hear in careers advice circles, but, as with most clichés, it has its basis in truth.

Still, Mitchell insists the Aug. 11 Mirror story has no basis in the truth and disavows the information in it.

As is often the case, many well-worn sayings and expressions have a firm basis in the truth.

He added: "They are whole-cloth lies with zero basis in reality or truth.

More than 100,000 people watched the video in the first two days it was up there.' The BBC decided to be brave and offered Serafinowicz his own show on the basis of O! News, although, in truth, his time was always going to come - it was just a matter of when and with which vehicle.

Quite soon, I was boasting (in truth, on the basis of very little) that the Observer was the only British newspaper to take graphic books seriously.