Example sentences for: so-called

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

  • His so-called 'talent' consists of nothing but tormenting helpless creatures and, if necessary, torturing them to death or simply murdering them.

  • The authors might also have discussed the deliberate use of taboo words for their shock (or humor-inducing embarrassment) value by so-called “x-rated” comedians, especially performers like the American Lenny Bruce and the British Jerry Sadowitz and Kevin Bloody Wilson: some of that humor can be heard on British television, where some of the studio audience are evidently easily convulsed by the mention of words like shit and fart .

  • Her sweetener, the so-called Homemaker IRA, would increase the sum that homemakers are allowed to put away in tax-free Individual Retirement Accounts from the current $250 to $2,000 a year, raising their IRA savings limit to match that of their working spouses.

  • To begin the Roman route, take any number of city buses north to the so-called Military Amphitheatre (Katonai Amfiteátrum), thus distinguishing it from a smaller one a short distance farther north.

  • In fact, he follows the same aesthetic that has worked so well for the so-called pro-choice movement for decades.


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