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if something someone says rings hollow, it does not sound true or sincere The claims they made two years ago that peace was just around the corner ring very hollow now.

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But if the idea of dedicating your weekends to home improvement projects makes you shudder, this truism will quickly ring false. Toronto Real Estate \| Judging a House from the Inside Out by michael russell / Real estate industry community Should it ring false to the persona discovered in Dawn, should it deface that "IT" star quality she has exhibited before, we''ll do that scene over ? The Origins of Dawn Carlisle by Steven Vannoy And Craig Ross / Writing and Speaking community Berg's obvious enthusiasm for the boom-boom makes the movie's tacked-on moral ring false. IN THIS 'KINGDOM,' VIOLENCE RULES DESPITE TACKED-ON MORAL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			riding for a fall riding high riff-raff rig up right right and left right as rain right away right down alley right in the kisser right off the bat right on right on time Right on! right to right to do right-hand man right-of-way right-on rightly rile up ring ring a bell ring around ring back ring false ring hollow ring in ears ring in the new year ring off the hook ring out ring out the old ring the bell ring the changes ring the curtain down ring the curtain up ring true ring up ring with ringer rinky-dink rinse rinse down rinse mouth out rinse off rinse out rinse out of rinse with riot riot of color rip			ring deoxyribonucleic acid ring depression Ring Dermoid of Cornea Ring des Nibelungen, Der Ring Deutscher AuPair Vermittler Ring Deutscher Makler Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände Ring Dike ring discharge ring disease Ring Domain Ring dotterel Ring Down Ring Down ring down the curtain ring down the curtain ring down the curtain ring down the curtain ring down the curtain Ring dropper Ring dropping ring E Ring Electrode ring enhancement Ring Enhancing Lesion Ring Error Monitor Ring Evangelischer Deutscher Burschenschaften Ring Experienced Fight Specialists ring F ring false ring fault Ring fence Ring fence Ring fence ring fences ring fences ring fences ring fencing ring fencing ring fencing Ring Fiber Ring Fibers Ring Fibre Ring Fibres Ring final circuit Ring final circuit Ring final circuit ring finger ring finger ring finger Ring Finger Domain Ring Finger Domain Ring Finger Domain Ring Finger Domain Ring Finger Domain RING finger LIM domain-binding protein Ring Finger Protein Ring Finger Protein ring fingers ring fingers

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ring hollow (redirected from ring false)

ring hollow
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