grain of truth
element of truth

There is a grain of truth in what you say, but no more.

But there is at least a grain of truth in what he says.

Perhaps there was a grain of truth in the story.

And there is more than a grain of truth in this.

"There is not a grain of truth to these words."

However, the story may still, in part, contain some grain of truth.

Oh, I admit there's a grain of truth in almost everything you say.

However in this case I think that there may well be a grain of truth to it.

"Why do I feel there's some grain of truth in that?"

"There might be a grain of truth, if applications to medical school are up."

If before then perhaps there is a grain of truth in the assertion.

But that grain of truth in what he had told her would surface somewhere.

Like many bizarre stories, this one had a grain of truth.

Relatives said there were grains of truth in all these stories.

That sounded as though it contained a grain of truth.

There may be a grain of truth embedded in this statement.

There's always a grain of truth in those old sayings!

I've no idea how that rumor got about, for there's not a grain of truth to it.

Folktales often have a grain of truth in them, though.

There is at least a grain of truth here.

Usually when patients are critical, there's at least a grain of truth that they have seized on.

One American official admits that there is a grain of truth to this.

Absurd, yes, but it contains a certain grain of truth.

There was a grain of truth in his words.

This, I knew, was a subjective opinion, but held more than a grain of truth.

But there was an element of truth to his words.

And there was an element of truth in what he had said.

There was an element of truth to what he'd said.

The hard fact is, there's some small element of truth in that.

And there is some element of truth in these perceptions.

There are elements of truth in the statements by both men.

Certainly, there is an element of truth in the comparison.

There is more than just an element of truth in this conception.

There is a very real element of truth in this formulation.

There were elements of truth, or at least political argument, in all the accusations.

At the same time, there's a tiny element of truth in it, since you and I certainly are hostile to him.

As with all legends, there is always an element of truth to them).

The stories told are not entirely improbable and often have some element of truth.

There was an element of truth to this, and it made me flush with shame.

The first purpose is to get some honesty back in the game, to restore an element of truth to life.

But you said yourself, sir, that the best lies contain an element of truth.

Yet there are elements of truth in those dreams.

There is probably an element of truth in many of these theories.

But it also has elements of truth, and one is the Russian inclination to blame someone else.

"There is some element of truth in that," Spock said.

There may be some element of truth in each of these theories.

There is evidence that there may be an element of truth to this.

And there may be some minimal elements of truth there.

It brings an element of truth to the record.

Later on in the book she remarks that "the false has to be weighed for its elements of truth."