OSTENSIBLE in a Sentence

Learn OSTENSIBLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

12 example sentences for OSTENSIBLE, such as:

1. Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
2. Proceedings can't be prevented from moving forward unless there are some at least ostensible reasons given.
3. Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.
4. I own that your question embarrasses me, Valentine, for I cannot say that the count has rendered me any ostensible service.
5. But, while he was making this ostensible sacrifice to general considerations, Magua never lost sight of his individual motives.

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 Meanings and Examples of OSTENSIBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ostensible
 a.  put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended; proper or intended to be shown
Classic Sentence:
1  The ostensible reason why Ahab did not go on board of the whaler we had spoken was this: the wind and sea betokened storms.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
2  But, while he was making this ostensible sacrifice to general considerations, Magua never lost sight of his individual motives.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
3  I own that your question embarrasses me, Valentine, for I cannot say that the count has rendered me any ostensible service.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 57. In the Lucerne Patch.
4  Proceedings can't be prevented from moving forward unless there are some at least ostensible reasons given.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
5  Each turned ostensibly to say--O whatever came handy--to his neighbour.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
6  Then the novel, like gossip, becomes at last vicious, and, like gossip, all the more vicious because it is always ostensibly on the side of the angels.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  He had often come up here without stating his purpose to his mother; but this was the first time that he had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
8  Then with a red head of hair, and an appropriate dress, I took my station in the business part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a beggar.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Example Sentence:
1  Although the ostensible purpose of this expedition is to discover new lands, we are really interested in finding new markets for our products.
2  Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.
3  The attack was ostensibly motivated by Pyongyang's fury over "The Interview."
4  Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.