Ostensible in a sentence

Chandumajra, without naming Amritpal, but in ostensible reference to him and his baptism drive, said an unwarranted “hullabaloo” was created over a person organizing Amrit Sanchar (baptism) ceremonies.

Instead of decrying these obviously dangerous labor conditions, the report closed—in classic propaganda fashion—with a rosy three-part conclusion lauding China’s rise, the People’s agency, and worker’s ostensible prosperity.

Scobie proudly describes himself as 'a true insider,' the ostensible top royal reporter in the States - implying that Americans think as he does, are as sympathetic and idolatrous of this gruesome twosome.

The ostensible quid pro quo arrangement between the authoritarian regimes further solidified their growing alliance.

The ostensible rationale is to make high-quality foreign education available in India at a somewhat lower cost so that students don’t have to leave, and some of the billions we are using to consume foreign higher education can be spent in the country.

The ostensible target for both women was 80-year-old Biden.

Although pennies are almost never used for their ostensible purpose (to make purchases), right now one out of every two circulating coins minted in the United States has a face value of 1 cent.

But we do know that the ostensible reason for her annual trips is to lay flowers – gladioli – at her mother’s grave on 16th August.

Her ostensible specialism is marriage-brokering, but actually she redistributes wealth and happiness.

I assumed that these pieces were the remains of some public works project gone wrong, and the sight of this ostensible failure immediately became a sign of our collective dysfunction, of the ‘Negro race’s’ irredeemably savage state.

Ironically, her ostensible efforts to combat terrorism and jihadism have often seemed more about appeasing Western nations than genuine opposition to these ideologies.

That someone just happens to be on board with middle age mysticism as the ostensible basis for political power.

While the ostensible goal of Project Alchemy was to weaken Russia militarily and politically, the leaked documents hint at ulterior motives.

Even ostensible efforts by the platform to improve diversity only reinforced the mistreatment of Black models, they alleged.

Even Rick Kirkham, the ostensible neutral observer who produced an abandoned reality show about Exotic, wears a safari hat, as if a lion might creep up at any moment.

Gleeson emphasizes that the government must explain its ostensible reasons for ending a prosecution.

Not satisfied solely with setting up an ostensible voter fraud challenge, Trump appears to be poised to use voter suppression tactics too.

Shortly after its Broadway debut in 2015, for instance, acclaimed writer and playwright pointing out that it all but ignores how many of the show’s ostensible heroes were deeply intertwined with slavery.

Take “Democracy Now,” the ostensible flagship broadcast of progressive thought.

The “general consensus” among the doctors was that had the ambulance been summoned when Ms Yeong’s blood oxygen fell with no ostensible cause, she “would have had a chance” of surviving the fat embolism.