in a sense

Example Sentences

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It is near impossible now to genuinely create the first kind, but the process of making “Maddie’s Secret” was in a sense about being the second and striving for the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He has always been congratulatory of me, almost proud of me in a sense.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Such campaigns have involved the removal of lower-ranking military officials connected with the purged leaders and will likely result in a sense of paralysis among those who survive, analysts have said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

But in a sense, they already have a leg up because they at least have a job.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

I went on, plunged in a sense of painful isolation as I reached 125th Street and started east.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison