Sentence examples for were ostensibly from inspiring English sources

Westerners reacted better to gifts that were ostensibly rewards for hard work.

The ships were ostensibly sold to Turkey, but they retained their German crews.

When the coalition collapsed, Somerset was released (February 1550), and the two rivals were ostensibly reconciled.

The papers were ostensibly written by Mr. Spectator, an "observer" of the London scene.

The frescoes were ostensibly about the tribe's battles against the Chichimecas to the north, but Quiroz saw a different message.

Both festivals were ostensibly about the beauty of words, but neither could avoid the grimness of deeds.

That meant the golfers could ground their clubs and take practice swings in what were ostensibly greenside bunkers.

The remarks were ostensibly private, though it is hard to believe twenty-eight ambassadors were expected not to talk.

There were two elderly proctors who were ostensibly there to pass out the exams and prevent people from cheating.

The same shareholders who were ostensibly the victims of the scandal that already cost them $6 billion.

While proceedings at the Shanghai first intermediate people's court on Friday were ostensibly open to the public, authorities allowed only family members and consular officials inside the room.