Example Sentences

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The lawyers representing Twitter’s outgoing board of directors were better than Musk’s—or, maybe more accurately, had a close-to-ironclad case against a reputably brilliant billionaire who tried to call “backsies!” on a contract he’d inked.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

Little Venice is a name reputably coined by Lord Byron, who once lived in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2015

Minh's real strength is that he is a southerner, a nationalist, a reputably good soldier and a sympathetic personality.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was alluded to in a letter sent to a Philadelphia newspaper by Mr. Edward Crapsey, a native of Cincinnati, who had been reputably connected with several leading journals.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley

Why, the father of the girl will hardly consent to give her to an officer who is not in a condition to maintain her reputably.

From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo