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Example sentences for: purports

How can you use “purports” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Ferrigno's article purports to be about Washington state becoming a northern franchise of California, but it reads more like a case of deadline desperation.
The spot purports to detail the Clinton tax increase--with a newspaper headline.
One of them — Splendid China — purports to show “all of China in one day. ”
A poll purports to tell you something about the population at large, or at least the population from which the sample was drawn (for example, likely Democratic voters in New Hampshire).
The cover story purports to critically examine the hype surrounding Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut but really just adds to it.