Sentence examples for purportedly used from inspiring English sources

Highlights include a console that plays his tinny, animated voice and the rope his mother — hounded by a greedy landlord — purportedly used to hang herself.

(One of the guns Kyle writes about is the Colt pistol that he purportedly used at the gas station — he describes it as a "weapon that in the right hands could turn bad luck good").

For example, the special committee in its report said that a group of four partnerships that were purportedly used to offset investment risks of Enron were instead used to manipulate earnings of the company.

It was then that we decided to have some of the items appraised, including manuscript pages and the typewriter Nelle purportedly used to type To Kill a Mockingbird," he said, using Lee's first name.

Archimedes purportedly used a "heat ray", in which the sun's rays were focused by mirrors, to set fire to enemy ships during the siege of Syracuse in the 3rd century BC.

3) Provide shareholders with all information regarding the director nomination process, including the so-called "skills matrix" referred to in the Company's preliminary proxy statement, which the Board purportedly used to determine the qualifications of various candidates, including Third Point's nominees.

This is also the time of year I fire up the famous NORAD Tracks Santa app, which purportedly uses advanced defense technology to spot and show where Santa is as he speeds round the globe delivering presents.

ANNALS OF BROADCASTING about Rick Kaplan of CNN and about the recent scandal which erupted when he ran a report ("Valley of Death") for the premiere of a "broadcast newsmagazine" called "NewsStand: CNN & Time" about the U.S. government purportedly using nerve gas on Vietnam War-era defectors in Laos.

In the wake of its five Emmy wins on Sunday, including lead actor and directing in a comedy for "Transparent," Amazon has announced its fall pilot season -- set to debut in the months to come -- exclusively on Amazon Video, where viewers can watch the new pilots and give feedback that Amazon purportedly uses in deciding which of the shows to move forward with.

Most existing 3D modeling software right now has lots of bells and whistles that only experts know how to navigate, but Dreamforge has a streamlined user interface that can purportedly be used by anyone.

Only a handful of films – most notably Mike Figgis's ensemble drama Time Code, and Alexander Sokurov's period epic Russian Ark – were purportedly completed using a single shot.