Sentence examples for but ostensibly from inspiring English sources

The sketch was scathing but ostensibly respectful, her performance relentless and irresistible.

But ostensibly mundane documents often prove to be the most damning.

(In 2014, Obama replaced Secure Communities with a similar but ostensibly less sweeping program).

But ostensibly Roger's living the dream: he's at the top of the heap, he's got the beautiful wife.

But ostensibly we were on a ship that was to take us to see the sights on land.

Both, he says, were "wars of choice", neither of them vital to the national interest but ostensibly waged for broader, sometimes humanitarian, reasons.

But even ostensibly independent directors can fail.

But their ostensibly reformist governments will need to start getting serious about tackling inefficiency.

And so does Paco Underhill, but he ostensibly shops for more serious reasons.

It means more governmental red tape for these banks, but also ostensibly fewer problems because of it.

A right-wing-dominated Senate voted to impeach her, not for corruption but for ostensibly doctoring government budget figures.