(a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's said that she and her ladies appeared on the battlements, dusting the places where the enemies' stones had fallen – though that particular story may be as apocryphal as the events in this film.
(2) The story, he later admitted to Lord Justice Leveson, was apocryphal.
(3) One apocryphal story about The Hangover was that it was based on the stag night of Choke producer Tripp Vinson , who supposedly went awol from his own party.
(4) There's a story, possibly apocryphal, about Bennett in which he says: "It's funny that people think I'm so nice, I'm actually a bit of a cunt."
(5) Released in 1997, it’s also apocryphally known as the most returned video game of all time; players were reportedly lured in by the visuals then repelled by the mysteries of the Japanese role-playing genre.
(6) The following is possibly apocryphal, but when the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
(7) There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that the imposition of the first Plantagenet prince of Wales was a trick.
(8) You know how many times I’d get a call from girlfriends saying, ‘I just got kicked out of a camp, come pick me up?’” In the US press, the gender imbalance in Williston initially attracted as much attention as the population boom, with apocryphal tales of strippers earning $2,500 a night in tips (though the $500 per night reputed to be more accurate is nothing to sniff at).
(9) To his fans, though, he's rap's Wolf Of Wall Street, someone who weaves apocryphal tales of an ostentatious lifestyle and encourages them to go and get it for themselves.
(10) Just like the apocryphal shrinking Pizza Express pizza, British houses have been getting smaller.
(11) Everyone has at least one ridiculous story and it is impossible to tell which are true and which apocryphal.
(12) Using biblical and biblical-apocryphal sources, the characteristics of Jewish-Christian patriarchism are shown which as a system, especially embodied by elderly men, was very efficient up to the beginning of the 19th century.
(13) This is the first, and probably the most popular, of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories, a short, dark and compelling novel set in what he called “my apocryphal county”, a fictional rendering of Lafayette County in his native Mississippi.
(14) John Oliver continued his criticism of president Trump, focusing on his domination of the news cycle by making apocryphal statements , saying: “You can’t avoid talking about him.” “Trump dominates the news cycle like a fart dominates the interior of a Volkswagen Beetle,” he said at the start of his Sunday night show.
(15) Consider some of the ego-centric stories – most infamously, the pants-down motivational speech in the Bayern dressing-room, which feels apocryphal but is true – and the line appears blurred, to say the least.
(16) There is, of course, the famous and possibly apocryphal line , attributed to Ford while shooting the original films and aimed at Lucas: "George, you can type this shit, but you sure can't say it."
(17) They are victims of circumstances and forces much more powerful, immoral and brutal than the apocryphal “bad man with a gun” who can be stopped by a “good man” with the same.
(18) However, this remark would appear to be apocryphal.
(19) The tale may be apocryphal, but when the wily French statesman Talleyrand died in 1838, the no less wily Austrian chancellor Metternich’s response is said to have been : “I wonder what he meant by that?” These days it is getting to be a bit like this with George Osborne .
(20) This reflects the narrative of most actual papal elections – these stories tend to be a serious exploration of what is supposed to be a famously apocryphal question: is the pope a Catholic?
Veracity
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.
Example Sentences:
(1) Macfarlane said he did not leak the contents of last week’s cabinet meeting - but he appeared to vouch for the veracity of the reported divisions when he added: “There has certainly been some very accurate statements made in newspapers in relation to the discussions that were had in cabinet.” The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, said the leak “absolutely did not come from me” and although it was not the first cabinet in Australian history to have had leaks “this was particularly disappointing because it went into such detail”.
(2) Opprobrium didn’t pour down on McIntyre out of respect for historical veracity.
(3) So much rests on the veracity of the tale constructed.
(4) Amateur video, the veracity of which could not be confirmed, showed a man and at least three children dead inside a room in Bayda, a neighbouring village overrun by regime forces on Thursday, showing a baby with burned legs and a body stained with blood.
(5) But as well as being ripped apart on social media Romney also found the veracity of his claim being called into question.
(6) Trump’s response: “Mr Trump denies each and every statement made by Ms Harth as these 24-year-old allegations lack any merit or veracity,” his campaign said in July .
(7) The report said the committee "remain concerned about the veracity of other parts of the oral evidence we heard".
(8) The right to see and hear the evidence of the other side, and subsequently to challenge the veracity or utility of that evidence, forms the basis of our entire civil justice system.
(9) [Such a claim] could be measured against his veracity in the witness box, which did him no favours.
(10) By now there can be little doubt of his veracity, or that his experiences weigh heavily on him.
(11) The veracity of the allegations, which relate to negotiations in the Timor-Leste capital Dili in 2004 and Canberra in 2005, is yet to be publicly proven.
(12) A secondary intention was to examine the veracity of alcoholics self-report on the QIAD and other alcohol-related instruments.
(13) Even her parents expressed doubts about their daughter's veracity after talking to Evanson.
(14) This prompted Virgin Media, which is able to offer super-fast broadband through its cable network, to call for the scope to be increased to look at the veracity of “up to” speed claims in ads .
(15) I have made an effort to consult with the proper Iranian authorities in an attempt to further verify the veracity of the claims made to me with no avail.
(16) As to the veracity of the tweet, it was spied by Deadspin editor Erik Malinoweski, who links to the Topsy page where the tweet is cached.
(17) This study suggests that disability applicants and routine clinical patients do not differ in veracity of self-stated smoking information, but many persons claiming to be ex-smokers are actually not.
(18) At Monday’s briefing, there were fractious exchanges between Spicer and the press over the veracity of Trump’s claims regarding unemployment numbers and health insurance statistics.
(19) Sondheim later issued a statement denying the veracity of the report and labelling the project a faithful, "first-rate" movie .
(20) It is an explosive condemnation of what the police have offered so far, and questions the veracity of the many police witnesses who have appeared at the commission, including top cop Riah Phiyega.