veritable

[ UK /vˈɛɹɪtəbə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛɹɪtəbəɫ/ ]

ADJECTIVE

often used as intensifiers
a regular nincompoop
he's a veritable swine
a regular morass of details
not counterfeit or copied
an unquestionable antique
photographs taken in a veritable bull ring
an authentic signature
a bona fide manuscript

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How To Use veritable In A Sentence

My garden had become a veritable jungle by the time I came back from holiday.
Birding could produce a veritable spring of teal.
He can turn the state of lonely self-loathing into a veritable inferno of seething threats, fans, mockers, competitors.
Once Bob would have been a veritable fund of info about goings-on around the club.
The two men followed as the warden led them through a veritable maze of stone passages and metal walkways.
On those occasions the CHAzn presents a veritable concert of liturgical selections, often with a choir to assist him.
What with ripened berries, snails, slugs and insects, there was a veritable feast on offer.
Blogs are full of opposing views on presses -- what has been perfect for one reloader is a veritable piece of junk to another ... I Love Hornady!
Even this small house was a veritable palace compared to his tent.
If diving for wrecks turns you on, Bermuda is a veritable treasure trove of maritime disaster, with a wreck collection including 16th century Spanish galleons, warships and a luxury transatlantic liner.

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