Sentence examples for ring false from inspiring English sources

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ring false

verb

To seem to be incorrect, or implausible

  • His excuse about his car breaking down again rings false, to me.

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P.S. Two details ring false.

Some of Mr. Eggers's references ring false.

Taken too far, the abstracted, naturalist apocalypse starts to ring false in its detachment.

At a certain point, though, mere claims, no matter how solemnly pronounced, begin to ring false.

Only when human kindness changes her mind does the story ring false.

Even within the intended realm of limousine liberals and lapsed idealism, these characters ring false.

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rings false.

That rings false".

The bible legend rang false.

What rings false is not the fact.

By this time, much of his writing rang false.

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