as it were
Example Sentences
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And by “they,” I mean Chris Stewart, who is the man behind the marble, as it were.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
But the realization dawned that Ronnie might, as it were, take the bullet for Stuart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
"It's nice to know that the connectivity to the home country, as it were, is there."
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
They aimed to retain the “breathing units” of biblical speech, even if that meant straining German with Hebraic syntax; the criteria, Mendes-Flohr observes, were “not aesthetic but, as it were, respiratory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Here I am washing my hands and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
