germ of truth

Yet there must be a germ of truth in the tales.

"I do think there's a germ of truth in that," he said.

So 5 people dead - not a germ of truth in the "scare".

It is likely that there is a germ of truth in them all.

There may be a germ of truth in even the wildest legend, however.

Might their old idea contain a germ of truth?

On the other hand, if you can find a germ of truth, can't hurt to consider it.

The stories were manufactured from germs of truth by people outside the country who should have known better."

And yet, Kevin thought uneasily, there had been a germ of truth to it.

And sort them again This game reveals germs of truth, and death.

There may be more than a germ of truth to this genomics pitch.

Your statement is basically inaccurate, but containing the germ of truth,?

Lee briefly explained the germ of truth behind the Sentinel story.

Perhaps in that slander lurked a germ of truth.

If you look at the subtitle, 'not a germ of truth' clearly refers to Iraq.

There was a germ of truth in Wyn's impassioned claim.

What germ of truth was embedded in this snowball of hyperbole?

Pearson's articles are about three-quarters false but there's just a germ of truth in them that someone must have given him."

It has therefore mostly been dismissed as unhistorical, although occasionally held to contain a germ of truth.

John Alden was no authority, but he recognized that there might be a germ of truth in that theory.

As is so often the case, there is the tiniest germ of truth present, but an insufficient amount to justify the tale.

Still, as it did more often than not, Vones' sly needling held a germ of truth.

The elves hated and feared the Prophecy, not the least of which because there was a germ of truth in it.

A Germ of Truth Some of the rumors begin accurately, but get better each time they are handed on.