Example Sentences

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“To have purported agents, gentleman in street clothes, executing an arrest, failing to identify themselves, not having previously announced themselves and asking the judge’s permission to take action in the courtroom is extraordinary,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

He called social media posts that have purported to identify the shooter “reckless and dangerous.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023

Three separate social media posts have purported to show Djokovic photos and video of Djokovic in Belgrade and were posted on Dec. 25.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2022

In recent years, major corporations — particularly those in tech — have purported to offer an antidote.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2018

It needs no argument to prove that all our territorial statutes, that have purported to authorize slavery, were unconstitutional.

From The Unconstitutionality of Slavery by Spooner, Lysander