Sentence examples for had been authentic from inspiring English sources

Knoedler, its former president Ann Freedman, and Mr. Weissman have repeatedly said they believed the works they sold had been authentic.

Soon hardly anything was left of the evidence, and Daniel Chester French, proclaimed himself satisfied that the statues had been authentic.

But I told the imam that I just want to have a monogamous relationship with my partner, not indulge in wild sex orgies and live an immoral life and that on the day of judgment I wanted to tell Allah that I had lived a life where I was honest and true to myself; that I had been authentic in my actions and feelings".

As we filled out the paperwork, she returned to her office to call my mom's doctor to verify that the letter we had was authentic.

She was authentic and he should have been authentic in return.

None of the national dances in Act II have been authentic.

What might once have been authentic can become a stereotype unless questioned.

One of their triumphs was the demonstration by Lorenzo Valla (1407 57) that the so-called Donation of Constantine could not have been authentic.

The hairdryer may not have been authentic but everything else was, and when the recording was played back it sounded as if my music had been transported back in time to the early 1900s.

Of the sweets we did try, crema catalana was Spanish in name only, a watery, double-sweet version of crème brûlée, and flan may have been authentic but struck me as far too eggy.

But with exhaust crackling through waste gates and tires protesting through tightly strung corners, it was difficult to say with any certainty which machines may have been authentic and which were painstakingly re-bodied Toyota MR2s.