Wondering how to use Purporting in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Purporting meaning
present participle and gerund of purport
Using Purporting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of purport
- In the example corpus, purporting often appears in combinations such as: purporting to, purporting that, videos purporting.
Context around Purporting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 16 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purporting
- In this selection, "purporting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, videos, someone and study stand out and add context to how "purporting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include because someone purporting to be and bogus software purporting to fix. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purporting" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purporting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elsewhere, social justice activists purporting to be 'comedians' abound. (9 words)
One fan, named Paul Devine, replied: “Yes, I was contacted by someone purporting to be you. (16 words)
Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told she had even created videos purporting to show herself being held hostage. (17 words)
She is at the race today in a show of her support for Horner despite a leaked email on Thursday purporting to contain images of messages and images shared between Christian and the female member of staff who made a complaint against him. (43 words)
From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”. (42 words)
As the video spread on social media, defence officials were quick to say that the balloon had not exploded and that videos purporting to show the balloon exploding were not real, according to Fox News correspondent Jen Griffin. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the video spread on social media, defence officials were quick to say that the balloon had not exploded and that videos purporting to show the balloon exploding were not real, according to Fox News correspondent Jen Griffin.
A widely-cited study purporting to show a link between the controversial practice of “conversion therapy” and increased suicidal ideation is seriously flawed from a scientific perspective, according to an analysis from a Catholic priest and researcher.
From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”.
He claimed Dakum fraudulently secured the LP ticket by presenting a forged letter purporting that he (Margif) relinquished his LP guber ticket.
Imagine for a minute a phishing email that looks to be from a voter advocacy group of even the Secretary of State, purporting to help you, or direct you to your online ballot or voting portal.
No one should have to fear losing their life’s savings or their home because someone purporting to be a professional violated their duty and trust," Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.
One fan, named Paul Devine, replied: “Yes, I was contacted by someone purporting to be you.
On Friday (December 22) prosecutor Quiana Fitzpatrick told the court that paedophile hunters set up a decoy profile on Facebook, purporting to be a 13-year-old girl, when Marston initiated contact in January 2020.
That member is Bob Spindell, one of 10 Republicans who in December 2020 met secretly in the Wisconsin Capitol to sign electoral count paperwork purporting to show Trump won the state, when that was not the case.
Their good fortune can be seen in a frightening but unverified image posted on Twitter purporting to show the charred, crumpled carnage.
After Tesla chief executive Elon Musk shared an AI-generated video purporting to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ voice, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to enact legislation to make it illegal to manipulate someone’s voice in an ad.
Anyone who's filed a warranty or RMA claim with MSI in the past seven years should exercise caution when receiving unsolicited emails or phone calls purporting to be from MSI.
Bacchus would arrange with Haywood, purporting to be the owner and advising that someone would collect the payments from her.
Elsewhere, social justice activists purporting to be 'comedians' abound.
Hezbollah had hours earlier published a video excerpt purporting to show locations in Israel along with their coordinates, amid heightening fears of an all-out conflict.
In a blog post, CrowdStrike said malicious actors are not only creating fake websites but also impersonating CrowdStrike employees in scam emails and phone calls, even selling bogus software purporting to fix the glitch.
In one instance, a Queensland GP was scammed out of $150,000 from a Facebook ad purporting to offer a term deposit with ING.
Nigel Holmes, 76, began communicating with a Facebook profile purporting to be that of a 12-year-old girl.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told she had even created videos purporting to show herself being held hostage.
She is at the race today in a show of her support for Horner despite a leaked email on Thursday purporting to contain images of messages and images shared between Christian and the female member of staff who made a complaint against him.
Common combinations with purporting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: