Sentence examples for though patently from inspiring English sources

After their return, Simone Weil, though patently disappointed, said not a word.

Those statements, though patently unprovable if not manifestly untrue, nonetheless have a way of hardening into kernels of conventional wisdom.

And, though patently unpopular among Serbs at large, thanks mainly to their continuing dismal standard of living, Mr Djindjic had been craftily consolidating power, seeking to bring, for instance, the army under his control.While putting himself squarely in the pro-western camp on most foreign issues, on Kosovo Mr Djindjic was ambiguous.

For a bit, it looked as though this arcane dispute might scupper the bill, but then Abse produced a compromise which, though patently absurd (merchant seamen could have homosexual sex with passengers and foreign seamen, but not each other) wrong-footed his opponents at a crucial moment.

It seemed to me that it was, though patently a bit odd, completely moral and blandly informative, and on balance I felt I would rather he learned any sexual facts he hadn't already gleaned from the eminently sensible Mr S than his less informed playground mates.

The hosts, though, were patently lacking in attacking punch.

"I was only doing my job," said the boy, even though he patently wasn't.

Even though this is patently silly, it doesn't make sense even on its own terms.

But thereafter he demonstrated that he is prepared to graft even though he is patently not a natural grafter.

But the Israeli public seems stoical, and though Mr Sharon is patently unable to keep his election promise to restore security, he faces little criticism.

Even now, Sunnis don't agree that they're a minority of the nation, and that the Shiites are the majority, though it's patently obvious.