as it were
Example Sentences
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But the “news hook,” as it were, is the “Winning Works” program of the city’s Joffrey troupe and a program that encourages the creation of new work from underrepresented constituencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"It's the early harvest. This is the time when the first corn is cut, the first wheat is cut, the first bread of the year, as it were."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
With that said, Storrie’s “SNL” nomination is the voters’ way of signaling they’re down to come to the cottage, as it were.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the realization dawned that Ronnie might, as it were, take the bullet for Stuart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Now they would see what Ebola could do naturally in a population of monkeys living in a confined air space, in a kind of city, as it were.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
