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
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
The proof of Akangbe Ogun's pudding, as it were, is writ large in the monumental sculptures, structures in fantastical formations that attest to his mastery of his art, on view all over the Osun Grove.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
The latest evidence for the prosecution, as it were, comes from the Social Security rolls, which show that record numbers of people are now claiming monthly benefits.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025
Besides, “she understands my own temper, and we have a tacit agreement, as it were, not to carp at each other.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
