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 can't hold the world to ransom, as it were.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
He adds that hard work is involved—“the tedium of going through what has often been written and read, and of masticating repeatedly, as it were, the same food.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
