Sentence examples for told in effect from inspiring English sources

He has been told, in effect, to pipe down.

The charm did not work and he was told in effect he would have to move.

That is, the jury were told in effect that the evidence, under the statutory rule, was sufficient, and hence they treated it as such.

They return to the church and are told in effect that the church thinks their child is lying.

Dr. Tulsky advised that patients be told, in effect, to hope for the best but to prepare for the worst.

When its primacy in reporting to the White House was taken away, the agency was being told in effect that henceforth it would be talking to itself.

That is why I felt it was important to allow my story to be told in The Lazarus Effect.

I am told that, in effect, it makes Lewis number two to MacLennan.

Now we have told them, in effect: "We don't want you.

We have told them, in effect: 'We don't want you.

Mattis told Trump, in effect, that the third world war was not going to start on his watch.