1.   And if the number has an authentic ring rarely evident in the rest of the show, well, that makes sense.

2.   Being a cowboy helps, he said, since it gives the work an authentic ring.

3.   A Lee Smith yarn rings authentic in the vernacular and in the mountain folkways of its mostly unlettered dramatis personae.

4.   But it is hard to escape the feeling that the program would have had a more authentic ring two years ago, when production began.

5.   Even overblown presentiments have an authentic ring to them.