veritas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The veritas gives “Titanic” a nobility it doesn’t quite earn, but nonetheless it’s part of the movie’s power.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
"But we brought veritas to it that ordinarily a set would not have."
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2022
In vino veritas: “The Wire’s” Dominic West joins resident oenophiles James Purefoy, Matthew Goode and “The Americans’” Matthew Rhys for Season 3 of the foodie travelogue “The Wine Show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
It was also an anagram of veritas: Latin for “truth,” but scrambled.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
There is a touch of sarcasm in the following:—"As a man is friended so the law is ended," and the old saying, "In vino veritas," reappears in this, "What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals."
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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