as it were
Example Sentences
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And whatever their failures are, that ends up being their ruling attribute to their poker game, as it were.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 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
Wells’s “Outline of History” was an attempt to wrap the whole world, as it were, in a single volume.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
"I wrote him a letter, before they started, passing the baton as it were," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
A control batch, as it were, after the...inexplicable...results of last night’s test.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
