How to Use well-founded in a Sentence

well-founded

adjective
  • His concern now seems well-founded.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The next few weeks will show if that confidence is well-founded.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The bullishness is well-founded.
    — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Your confusion and hurt are well-founded.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
  • That fear was probably well-founded.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That skepticism is well-founded.
    — Luis Peralta, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That perspective is well-founded.
    — Marcus Balzereit, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • That certainty proved well-founded.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That confidence proved well-founded.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The guidance to assume compromise is well-founded.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The opponents’ concerns are well-founded.
    — Alex Weatherall, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • And the Republicans’ concern is well-founded.
    — Douglas E. Schoen, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
  • However, the team's recent poor performance has generated all kinds of comments, some more well-founded than others.
    — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Their concern—well-founded—is that college has become an increasingly expensive pathway to success.
    — Neetu Arnold, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • One of these targets was to define a sound and well-founded strategy for Calik Denim to become a carbon-neutral company.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Republicans, meanwhile, are whispering that Democrats' fears of unused Platner oppo are well-founded.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 June 2026
  • Gen Z’s concerns are well-founded—and echo warnings from leading AI experts and mounting management evidence.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • These fears are well-founded, as authorities have previously executed many protesters following grossly unfair trials, while many others remain on death row.
    — Hamid Kashani, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In the settlement agreement, Ceratizit neither admits liability nor concedes that the government’s claims are well-founded.
    — Desiree Mathurin december 19, Charlotte Observer, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Add to that an affordability crisis hitting families’ checkbooks and many businesses’ eager push to utilize artificial intelligence, and workers’ sentiments appear well-founded.
    — Matt Helmer, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • And that uncertainty may be well-founded, because according to The Athletic national baseball writer and former MLB general manager Jim Bowden, there's another All-Star second baseman in the division who could make sense for New York.
    — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025

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