Sentence examples for if not in fact from inspiring English sources

The prep season is over, in spirit if not in fact.

It becomes - in feeling, if not in fact - a kind of Venice-in-Manhattan Venice-in-Manhattan Venice-in-Manhattan

Her Shawn is wholly furtive, evasive, self-deluding, if not in fact senile.

But she has also become a Jersey Girl, in spirit if not in fact.

If those trends continue, managers will increasingly face a workforce of volunteers — at least in spirit if not in fact.

The audience consisted of virtually nothing but high-spirited fans, collegiate in mindset if not in fact.

Those who do not share these commitments are, in principle (if not in actual fact), not to be accepted into membership.

The second important ambiguity lies in the Latin term tanquam, since it can mean either "as if, but not in fact," or "as in fact".

It is in these terms that the "reality" of the distinction is to be understood, i.e., as if but not in fact.

"We're all going to dress fabulously," said Ms. Vesey, who wryly described her friends as being "all these single women up in the mountains," in spirit if not always in fact.

He has written four works of fiction — two novels and two story collections — all composed of canny snippets that build with subtle accumulative power to create books autobiographical in feel, if not necessarily in fact.