Sentence examples for purported average from inspiring English sources

It so happens that seven minutes is the purported average span for sexual intercourse — even if studies show that nearly fifty per cent of men finish within two minutes.

I have been looking at published stats purporting to show average student debt after four years of college.

The premature publication of the Federal report naming hospitals purported to have death rates "higher than the national average" was irresponsible, unfair and destructive to those hospitals and their hard-working staffs.

He announced the net profits of Time Inc., purported to have calculated to five decimal places the "average weekly recompense for informing fellowman," and took a swipe at Ingersoll, "former Fortuneditor, now general manager of all Timenterprises... salary: $30,000; income from stock: $40,000".

Backed up by the concept of a "liberal elite," right-wingers could crony around with their corporate patrons in luxuriously appointed think tanks and boardrooms -- all the while purporting to represent the average overworked Joe.

The paper purported to challenge the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) projections that global average temperatures could rise by more than 4 degrees Celsius by end of century, claiming that the climate was much less sensitive to carbon dioxide emissions than widely understood.

What is most definitely clear from these trend data is that there is no sign whatsoever of the purported $2,500 in annual savings that then-President Obama promised would be enjoyed by the average family.

One purported advantage was not mentioned, though.

It wasn't purported to be.

He purported not to comprehend my misgivings.

A statement purported to be from Abu Musab Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, said Monday that his organization could have interfered with the Dec. 15 elections but did not because he did not want to kill "average Sunnis who were deceived" by the political process.