Sentence examples for apparently disappointing from inspiring English sources

This year, it declined to give full numbers for 2016, marking its first non-reveal in its history, following an apparently disappointing year as competitors like Huawei, Oppo and Vivo released competitive devices and developed wide offline sales networks.

All in all, this apparently disappointing study highlights the need to clarify the interest and limits of plasma citrulline concentration in the critically ill.

The impression that the 5C is no more than a 5 in a plastic case has apparently led to disappointing sales.

It is a good source of phosphorus and a very good source of magnesium, but apparently the yields were disappointing to farmers and it never really caught on among consumers.

Apparently Adele doesn't count as "staff" – disappointing.

Vaughan Williams is disappointing here too, apparently not wanting to make too theatrical an occasion of the Pilgrim's triumph.

Hasbro has been inspired by the multibillion-dollar success of its Transformers franchise in the hands of Michael Bay, and apparently has not let Battleship's disappointing $300m (on a $200m budget) haul earlier this year upset its plans for worldwide domination.

What is disappointing is that the moment apparently demanded language as direct as Bratton's.

Mr Madoff seemed unable to say no and risk disappointing those around him, which apparently sparked the fraud in the first place.

A palace spokesman said: "It is disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago and apparently from Her Majesty's personal family archive, has been obtained and exploited in this manner".

It is "perplexing" that Sony's chief executive, Kazuo Hirai, was apparently not worried about two movies that had disappointing debuts at the box office, "After Earth" and "White House Down," Third Point said.