verity
noun
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality.
verities
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pluralof verity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is one of baseball’s eternal verities that wins and losses in spring training do not matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
They will almost assuredly will be captive of warmed-over doctrinal verities, underwritten by arrogant conviction.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
When they have picked themselves up from their humiliation, the French will need to gather their sangfroid and confront some cruel verities.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2021
Myth, magic and superstition are inextricably intertwined with everyday verities, a technique that caused Ms. Morrison’s novels to be likened often to those of Latin American magic realist writers like Gabriel García Márquez.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2019
I have wondered why it is that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death than others.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
