as it were
Example Sentences
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"It's nice to know that the connectivity to the home country, as it were, is there."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
The game, as it were, is to get Malcolm to the party.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
After years at war – or performing military service as it were – they’re back to pick up where they left off with their lives, music and fans.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
She stated that “reader and writer sit down to a game, as it were, with the odds, of course, altogether on the latter’s side.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
