Sentence examples for they were veritable from inspiring English sources

Some of these gangs numbered in the hundreds; they were veritable armies.

(A Spanish visitor in 1554 said that they were "veritable hells, such is the stir and bustle in them.... There is plenty of beer here, and they drink more than would fill the Valladolid river").

Also here is a cache of white kraters from 1450 to 1200 B.C. Hand-built and decorated with bands of crosshatching, grids and diamonds, they are veritable bouquets of subtle asymmetries and wavering lines.

They are veritable gas guzzlers, accounting for some 40% of all carbon emissions, according to one estimate; and may be built with materials to "last", but not in an environmentally sustainable way.

The wood-paneled tables of the lobby bar were veritable table-hops for signature Democrats.

Women, compared to men, were veritable sexual athletes, capable of multiple orgasms.

While prices just six months ago may have seemed too expensive, compared to last night's prices they were a veritable bargain.

They were a veritable Bonnie and Clyde on the campaign trail.

Chickens are veritable compost factories, they will turn their feed, plants, insects and almost any kitchen scraps into a nutrient-rich garden additive through their poop.

Gorham's and Vanguard Caves in Gibraltar, where I work, are among those because they span over 100,000 years of occupation and are veritable repositories of data.

Its owners, Maria and Pasquale Miele, are veritable surrogate parents.