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
But Mr. Sachs instead sticks to the script, as it were, delivering something in the “My Dinner With Andre” tradition of two people simply talking to each other.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
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
"But it was very, very moving. It lifted the pressure, a weight off my head, as it were," he says.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
Even his conversation was, as it were, a spoken part It would end according to the script.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
