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What does ring true mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To seem to be correct, or plausible
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There are also moments when the emotional responses of key characters in key situations completely fail to ring true.
While initially these findings may seem surprising, a few moments' reflection reveals that they actually ring true.
It looked pretty but the plot development concerning the demented sex-starved soldiers didn't ring true for me at all.
Sir Francis' comments are just as likely to ring true as mine own, so consider these wise words as ye down your grog tonight.
Certainly those comments ring true for yoga devotee Janine, who is signed up and ready to greet the new year in downward dog.
In the end, they will have to feel it in their bones and smell it in the air, finding the words that ring true.

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