Example sentences for: authentic

How can you use “authentic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An authentic blowpipe is one of the most accomplished pieces of indigenous workmanship in all of Malaysia.

  • The settings have a density of detail that makes them feel authentic, from the Brooklyn basement dens of the Russian mafia to the kitsch palaces of Atlantic City to the blue-collar bingo halls of Binghamton, N.Y.; and the aforementioned four page glossary is a bounty for urban anthropologists.

  • Their folkcrafts are authentic and much less commercialized than in most other parts of Japan.

  • The malls play it both ways: They use Santa's physical presence to lure parents ("kids of all ages can have their photos taken with Jolly Old St. Nick") and then offer, for an additional fee, to put the pictures on Web sites or CD-ROMs so that kids "can send [the images] to their loved ones over the Internet ." Tysons Corner Center, a mall near Washington, D.C., brags about its "real-bearded Santa" and "his authentic Santa autograph."

  • Ang Lee's drama about suburban sexual promiscuities is lauded as an authentic depiction of 1970s emotional drift.


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