Sentence examples for ostensible merit from inspiring English sources

One of the shibboleths of the modern cinema, of the liberal cinema — and of critics who endorse it — is the ostensible merit, aesthetic as well as moral, of ambiguity.

I don't think there's any special virtue to patience in the kitchen, so I'm not here to lecture on the ostensible merits of slow cooking over fast food.

Whatever the merits of Winnick's offer, it did distract attention from the ostensible subject of the hearing of the House Energy and Commerce investigations subcommittee, which was how much Winnick knew about his company's deteriorating finances when he sold his last large block of Global Crossing shares in May 2001.

The ostensible reason — get this!

At least, ostensible ones.

His ostensible mandate was reform.

The past weeks have seen challenges based on ostensible felony status in Florida, ostensible deaths in North Carolina and ostensible address problems in Ohio, among others.

There were ostensible villains and losers as well.

The ostensible ground for delay is over the newcomers' role.

Johnson faced a challenge from ostensible allies as well.

The ostensible reason for the breakdown is split government.