Example sentences for: supposedly

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

  • Although of noble birth, she was sold as a child into slavery to Mayan merchants, supposedly by her own mother.

  • It is the premium in the form of a lower rate of return that investors are willing to pay to own bonds or notes rather than stocks, supposedly because stocks are a great deal more dangerous.

  • We visit the much-hyped Bellagio too late to actually see its collection of modern art, or its supposedly sensational water show "O."

  • The piece refutes all Starr's 11 supposedly impeachable offenses.

  • Since "the rich" are a tiny proportion of taxpayers, the only thing this could mean in practice would be an improvement relative to the position of the poor--an extraordinary idea for supposedly left-of-center leaders, however modern or forward-looking, to adopt.


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