vérité
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of vérité
French, literally: truth
Example Sentences
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The filmmaker likened “You Can See Everything” to an observational vérité movie, one of the oldest forms of documentary filmmaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
In the case of “Nirvanna the Band,” I assume the answer to the second question at some point becomes “no,” but it’s all done with a very persuasive mix of vérité style and can-do lunacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Since the film is a light cinéma vérité style, Iwerks doesn’t editorialize as to how it all did get done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Resembling vérité nonfiction, Crystal Kayiza’s “Rest Stop” follows a Ugandan-American mother traveling with her three children to join her estranged partner.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
I am sure they stuck the word vérité in there on purpose, but they couldn’t have known it would make me think of the last page Julie wrote—I have told the truth, over and over.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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