Apocryphal

This is highly unlikely since the apocryphal Acts states that his bones were burnt to dust and that relics of some of his bones are stored in a church today; on the other hand, the fire in the apocryphal Acts could have cremated only some of his bones.

Similar sudden-death stories circulate about a certain type of driven, lifelong journalist, and I always assumed they were apocryphal.

Though the quote is probably apocryphal, it reflects a path that Trump would have no hesitation in following.

Alas, it seems as if the story is probably apocryphal.

That sounds vaguely apocryphal.

The Genovese story is largely apocryphal – later research revealed that no witnesses actually saw the attack in its entirety and two people did in fact call the police.

There is an apocryphal anecdote of him describing them as works not for a contemporary audience but a later age.

Apocryphal tales about the "pig's blood" incident began to circulate about 20 years later, but they did not involve Pershing and there's no evidence such a thing ever happened.

I feel this last must be apocryphal but who knows.

We could say much the same thing about practically everything we learn about Jesus from the apocryphal Gospels.

While pre-elections promises in Israel are notoriously apocryphal, commentators in Israeli papers warned he may be forced to follow through with his promise.

And while some of those stories are apocryphal and some steadfastly true, Grant’s story and life are much deeper and nuanced than most think of the thuggish caricature (which he himself happily promoted).

His story, though possibly apocryphal, says Alcee, “claims that in order to become more of a virtuoso, Schumann overexerted his hands with preparatory exercises, and in so doing, ruined his chances of being able to perform competitively.

However, there has yet to be a clearly defined reason for this disparity, aside from the apocryphal theory of too-warm body temperatures.

I marched VerMeulen over to the closest bar, P.J. Clarke’s, bought him a large drink, and gave him an earful of the Legends of Zelda, apocryphal gossip that we swapped gleefully about the office.

So it comes as no surprise that Trump, as in the apocryphal story of King Canute, is once again commanding the tide not to come in.

According to a frequently repeated story, which may be apocryphal, Keaton acquired the nickname "Buster" at about 18 months of age.

According to the apocryphal Book of Enoch the Nephilim were wicked sons of fallen angels who had lusted with attractive women.

A further detail, possibly apocryphal, is that additional sheets were re-purchased as waste paper from a tradesman to whom they had been sold.

Although it is believed he was martyred of faith by being stoned, the Catholic-Apocryphal Acts of Barnabas states that he was bound with a rope by the neck, and then being dragged only to the site where he would be burned to death.