as it were

Example Sentences

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She stated that “reader and writer sit down to a game, as it were, with the odds, of course, altogether on the latter’s side.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The proof of Akangbe Ogun's pudding, as it were, is writ large in the monumental sculptures, structures in fantastical formations that attest to his mastery of his art, on view all over the Osun Grove.

From BBC

This taxonomical lumping together—this mass Hinduization, as it were—would have profound political consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I wrote him a letter, before they started, passing the baton as it were," he said.

From BBC

“What a fine day for a group of strangers with no prior knowledge of each other to meet by chance on the garden path, as it were.”

From Literature