Sentence examples for the ostensible from inspiring English sources

The ostensible reason — get this!

The ostensible ground for delay is over the newcomers' role.

The ostensible cause of Mrs Bandaranayake's impeachment was alleged corruption.

The ostensible reason for the breakdown is split government.

The ostensible fogey, then, is English brutalism's greatest champion.

I know the ostensible arguments against fixing the anomaly.

The ostensible reason for his visit is his next novel – a retelling of the Faust story.

A ban wasn't their plan, though that was the ostensible excuse for meeting.

None of the ostensible victims testified that they considered themselves to have been defrauded.

Almost two years on from the ostensible resolution of Côte d'Ivoire's crisis, old wounds still fester.

The ostensible reason was that Rio was not developing the site quickly enough.