Sentence examples for purported not from inspiring English sources

He purported not to comprehend my misgivings.

Last week, the Europeans were seething, even if they purported not to see a crisis -- yet.

Kurt Volker, a former American ambassador to NATO, notes that the system was always designed to deal with rogue missiles from Iran, though Russia purported not to believe this.

Schofield purported not to know.

Some unions, including the Telmex workers, set up a new umbrella body, called the National Workers Union (UNT), which purports not to support any party.

But what Diskin and Levin get – and Israel's coalition government purports not to (or, perhaps, gets only too well) – is the true purpose of Breaking the Silence.

Although the fellowship purports not to have a political agenda, every year, the group sponsors a Sportsmen's Prayer Breakfast at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.

GETTING IN While Baddies' owners purport not to have an explicit door policy, the man in charge, Simonez, worked the notoriously impenetrable door at the Beatrice Inn until it closed last year, so the best you can do is try your luck.

Let's use them as a model in a way, to make sure that you, Hamzeh, succeed.' " It is probably a relief to Abdullah that Hamzeh purports not to care at all about issues of succession.

Netflix, meanwhile, can purport not to care a whit about ratings, bolstering its bona fides among viewers who like the idea of a network run by content idealists, while keeping what it knows about mucky things like market segments and cherished demographics mostly secret.

While many men may purport not to care, insecurity about dating profiles is fuelling a mini-industry of its own.