hold true

Idioms and Phrases

see under hold good .

Example Sentences

Harm reduction workers say each life lost to an overdose is preventable, which would hold true for the estimated 101,168 people who died from an overdose last year.

From Salon

However, making these decisions is far from an exact science and there’s no way to guarantee that an indicator in past elections will hold true in future elections.

From Salon

The factors that have prevented Hezbollah from opening a full-fledged second front for Israel since October still hold true.

From Los Angeles Times

In a world in flux, the cliches hold true that “one of our greatest strengths and most awful weaknesses is our adaptability. We’re constantly adjusting to changes in our environment. But it also means we’re constantly creating based on what is destroyed, constantly adding back to the world when things get taken away.”

From Los Angeles Times

But since hummingbirds live very different lives than owls, it didn’t seem likely this would hold true for them.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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