Sentence examples for ostensibly named from inspiring English sources

Mr. Netanyahu said this afternoon, "I call on the lawmakers at this very moment to oppose the bill that is ostensibly named after me".

This (Not So) Little Piggy... Though ostensibly named for the French city from which it originally hails, Bayonne ham made by the Newark-based specialty food company D'Artagnan comes by its American name fair and square.

Nothing else could explain why an entire planet would go nuts over a jaunty little number about the personal theological battle waged by a Spanish monk against the 13th century Albigensian heresy, sung in French by a Belgian nun ostensibly named Sister Smile, accompanying herself on the guitar.

In an Internet Relay Chat {IRC} on Feb. 8 with some alleged cronies, Pig Farmer, ostensibly named because his parents have a farm where they raise pigs, beans and corn, wrote "I have sent 15 journalists an e-mail so we can get our message out.

Her Survivor Foundation, ostensibly named after the old Destiny's Child anthem, assists AIDS patients and victims of disasters as well as the homeless population.

The SB Dunk Low "Black and Tan" trainers, which launch in the U.S. this week, were ostensibly named after the famous drink combining a dark beer -- usually Guinness -- with a lighter lager.

Rayleen is accompanied by an ostensibly mute gentleman named Charles W. Browning III Bill Moorr), whose rigid air of eternal affront strikes the evening's most poignant notes.

This isn't even the first time a TV show has had to shelve a fictional element of itself that was named, ostensibly, after the Greek goddess of love, light, and magic.

The gift received national attention, ostensibly because it was named after such a recognizable figure.

Her baby, for whom the party is ostensibly being thrown, is named Frances.

Jonathan Blow's seminal indie platformer is ostensibly about a character named Tim who sets out to rescue a princess from a monster.