purport
verb (used with object)
to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely.
were purporting
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past progressiveof purport.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I had these doctored emails that were purporting to come from The Times and all these things suggesting that this was a real book talk,” Mr. Roath said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
The move apparently led to some yelling and a brief period in which both Fetterman and the new Republican presiding officer were purporting to be in charge.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2021
Lest readers and the Internal Revenue Service get the impression that author and friends were purporting to conduct a professional writers' workshop, Buckley notes that the lockers contained a variety of entertainments and diversions.
From Time Magazine Archive
