Sentence examples for supposedly standing from inspiring English sources

People were supposedly "standing in line at some polling stations for ten or 15 minutes".

So, this led to arguments about and their labor union, again, the United Autoworkers, supposedly standing up for the employees, didn't do the job.

The Egyptian Army — which is supposedly standing up to the United States — is, after Israel, the largest recipient of American aid.

The American government has recently promised to spend serious amounts of money doing so, through what it dubs the BRAIN initiative the inevitable contrived acronym supposedly standing for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies.As that name suggests, advances in brain research depend on the development of better ways of looking at brains while they are alive and firing.

He was supposedly "standing up for a principle" about the budget.

So it is great to see Apple and Google supposedly standing up for consumer rights.

"The irony is that this administration supposedly stands for the rule of law and the restoration of America's legal standing," he said.

Ever since their conquest of China in the 17th century, most of the Manchu had lived in comparative idleness, supposedly a standing army of occupation but in reality inefficient pensionaries.

But the credibility of the election remains in doubt because Aristide's party, Famni Lavalas, which has a huge following particularly among poorer voters in the urban slums, was barred from standing supposedly for technical reasons.

Today, France's representative, Jean-David Levitte, said new sanctions against nations that have supposedly violated the standing sanctions "does not in this connection appear to us to provide a real solution".

So only Thomson is left standing – and supposedly superintending the Bun fights.