Sentence examples for purportedly did from inspiring English sources

Aristotle (384 322 bc) recounts a different story, claiming that Hippocrates was cheated by customs officers in Byzantium; he purportedly did so to show that, although Hippocrates was a good geometer, he was incompetent to handle the ordinary affairs of life.

This fundraising went off despite Madoff refusing to answer many questions Fairfield executives brought to him in an October 2008 due diligence meeting, including the names of the people at his firm who executed the transactions he purportedly did.

The man purportedly did it using a network that contains anti-terrorism intelligence records and more, which is known as TECS.

Trump would also be forbidden from doing anything that could block the interview that Daniels purportedly did with 60 Minutes from airing.

The school purportedly did not talk to Tyndall's patients about his alleged behavior nor report him to the state medical board, which is responsible for policing doctors.

Then I did what Gurdon obviously didn't do; I went to my local Barnes and Noble and stood in the teen section, as purportedly did Amy Freeman, 46-year-old mother of three.

Ayouch, though, has purportedly done his research, having interviewed around 200 sex workers.

"No viable claim for an injunction lies until there is something purportedly done under the act," he said.

The principal beneficiary and victim of this idea was McChrystal, tapped by President Obama in 2009 to save the day in Afghanistan as Petraeus had purportedly done in Iraq.

Recent statements by senior U.S. officials in Washington have continued to blame the Kims for the sinking of the Cheonan; it was purportedly done to prove the toughness of the ruling family as it prepares for another transition.

But those revelations, captivating as they are, have been partial —they primarily focus on one government agency and on the surveillance end of intelligence work, purportedly done in the interest of national security.