How to Use verisimilitude in a Sentence

verisimilitude

noun
  • The version that lives in our heads, in perfect verisimilitude.
    — Yussef Cole, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • That's always my goal with my research, to bring that verisimilitude into things.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 July 2024
  • The rubber missiles aren't just there for verisimilitude.
    — David Szondy may 24, New Atlas, 24 May 2026
  • The authors do cut the verisimilitude ever so slightly short, though.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 July 2017
  • Projections of the real ship and crew add verisimilitude, but this is not a docu-drama.
    — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2017
  • The power of the artwork is not just the verisimilitude of the final product.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • So much of the verisimilitude and the nervy emotion of The Pitt is owed to the sound of silence.
    — Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Many writers’ books go slack when their characters open their mouths, as if dullness equals verisimilitude.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Of course, working around real preteens upped the verisimilitude.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 26 Feb. 2019
  • That verisimilitude extended to the jargon of spying in his novels, which had the ring of truth.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
  • For the viewer, Davisson adds, there’s no verisimilitude with these kinds of recreations.
    — Janet Manley, Wired, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Over time, the shows evolved, moving toward a greater emphasis on verisimilitude.
    — EW.com, 5 Sep. 2024
  • So certain aspects of verisimilitude are dispensed with, without making a big deal over it.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • No doubt Bartz's work as a therapist and creative coach adds some verisimilitude to the story.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In a sense, what causes Nikolai to fail his audition is his verisimilitude.
    — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Any discrepancy is used to adjust the speed of the video, in order to preserve verisimilitude.
    — The Economist, 13 July 2017
  • Keith Urban shows up to add a bit of country verisimilitude but not much interest.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024
  • Actually moving and clicking a mouse cursor with your stick, just for the verisimilitude, gets old fast.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 July 2023
  • Holbein’s portraits are renowned for their verisimilitude, but in Anne’s case, the painter may have flattered his sitter.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • His sovereign felt the painter’s talent for verisimilitude had been turned to purposes other than truth.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
  • For Greengrass, this is a technique to generate even greater verisimilitude.
    — Andy Hazel, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that Pym’s stories sometimes end nowhere can be viewed as verisimilitude, but an awful lot depends on contrivance.
    — Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • The draperies of his garment are a feat of verisimilitude, his face the image of otherworldly purity.
    — airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Whatever your druthers—irony or verisimilitude—there’s probably a poster for you among the 240+ for sale.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • The sisters are stunned by the verisimilitude of Sachi’s rendering, and Sachi is in turn thrilled with their response.
    — Sarah Archer, The Atlantic, 21 July 2021
  • The director knew Ford would need to be de-aged with a level of verisimilitude that has proven elusive to filmmakers so far.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • Transmission isn’t just about verisimilitude.
    — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In those cases, the technology’s failure to produce flawless verisimilitude was part of the charm.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
  • This might be easier to forgive if the verisimilitude of the film’s production design didn’t veer off the track at about exactly the same point.
    — Anthony Paletta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
  • That should turn our attention to those strictures, rather than to questioning the verisimilitude of her melodramatic doom.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025

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