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The assumption would ring false, as No Way Out debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
But skipping past that tragedy, and Japan’s ultimate surrender to the Allies, would ring false in a show that to this point has done such an impressive job of using this specific family as avatars for everyone involved in this vast cultural and historical tale.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
Carriera understands that to make a small and quiet human drama land like an aneurysm nothing can ring false.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
The movie spends so much time trying to reclaim her as wholesome (loves her nan, doggedly monogamous, wants children) that her transgressive streak and naughty sense of humor ring false.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 May 2024
At Thursday’s city council meeting, Lucas said apologizing to Butker would ring false when the city has yet to apologize for more harmful actions.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
Sure, the framing device, involving a P.I. (Kevin Kline) and an angel of death (Virginia Madsen), is a little contrived, and Garrison Keillor’s avuncular drawl may ring false to today’s ears.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Leyla’s gentle insistence that her lifelong friend can confide in her begins to ring false, and Taroon can’t bear to have a keeper, so old habits of rebellion against a know-it-all sister may doom him.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
Former and current Corrections employees say these recruiting efforts are too little, too late — and ring false given the dire situation inside.
—Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
But skipping past that tragedy, and Japan’s ultimate surrender to the Allies, would ring false in a show that to this point has done such an impressive job of using this specific family as avatars for everyone involved in this vast cultural and historical tale.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
Carriera understands that to make a small and quiet human drama land like an aneurysm nothing can ring false.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
The movie spends so much time trying to reclaim her as wholesome (loves her nan, doggedly monogamous, wants children) that her transgressive streak and naughty sense of humor ring false.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 May 2024
At Thursday’s city council meeting, Lucas said apologizing to Butker would ring false when the city has yet to apologize for more harmful actions.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
Sure, the framing device, involving a P.I. (Kevin Kline) and an angel of death (Virginia Madsen), is a little contrived, and Garrison Keillor’s avuncular drawl may ring false to today’s ears.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
Leyla’s gentle insistence that her lifelong friend can confide in her begins to ring false, and Taroon can’t bear to have a keeper, so old habits of rebellion against a know-it-all sister may doom him.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
Former and current Corrections employees say these recruiting efforts are too little, too late — and ring false given the dire situation inside.
—Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
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“Ring false.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20false. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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