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grain of truth

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meanings of grainand truth


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grain
noun
uk /ɡreɪn/ us /ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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truth
noun
uk /truːθ/ us /truːθ/
the quality of ...
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Examples of grain of truth


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There is more than a grainoftruth behind some recent expressions of concern.
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There is a grainoftruth in that argument.
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It is a silly story, but it has a grainoftruth.
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I am afraid that there is more than a grainoftruth in that.
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Was it all fiction or is there a grainoftruth in it?
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But there is at least a grainoftruth to his account.
There are lies in it, but also a grainoftruth.
It has credibility and power because there is a grainoftruth in it.
This is, of course, a plausible thesis, and one that undoubtedly contains more than a grainoftruth.
This objection is hackneyed, but it carries more than a grainoftruth.
This argument certainly contains more than a grainoftruth, inasmuch as proposals for comprehensive health care reform confront political, cultural and institutional barriers that are unquestionably formidable.
It is meant to be jocular, but there is a certain grainoftruth in it.
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It is a witticism which, like all witticisms, contains a grainoftruth.
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There is quite a grainoftruth in those remarks.
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I think ibis analogy can be drawn a little too far, but there is perhaps a grainoftruth in it.
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I am sure that that is apocryphal but it contains more than a grainoftruth.
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There is more than a grainoftruth in that.
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The only possible grainoftruth in that absurd and sweeping assumption is that perhaps apprenticeships tend to be recruited for in the autumn.
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While there is a grainoftruth in that, the differences between them are almost as striking as their similarities.
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