as it were
Example Sentences
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And whatever their failures are, that ends up being their ruling attribute to their poker game, as it were.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
After years at war – or performing military service as it were – they’re back to pick up where they left off with their lives, music and fans.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Wells’s “Outline of History” was an attempt to wrap the whole world, as it were, in a single volume.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The latest evidence for the prosecution, as it were, comes from the Social Security rolls, which show that record numbers of people are now claiming monthly benefits.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025
On studying the young gentleman closely, one could, as it were, appreciate the difficulty experienced by his lordship - and indeed, by the young gentleman's father.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
