The ostensible purpose of the parade was to celebrate the day, but the prolific political posters made it clear it was part of a campaign. From LearnThat.org.
His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They have exercised the right to determine from the circumstances whether the ostensible was the real destination. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
By these we mean the introducing houses, such as ostensible millinery establishments and the like in fashionable but retired streets, where ladies meet their lovers. From Wordnik.com. [Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.] Reference
"ostensible," because a conviction arose in Lionel's mind afterwards that it was but an excuse: that Roy made it a pretext for the purpose of obtaining an interview. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
Not that he failed to secure himself by some ostensible precautions. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
This knowledge of the nature of the settlement was the ostensible ground of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
The ostensible buyers said they had a silent lender who wished to remain anonymous. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa Egg Recall Figure Allegedly Hid Tracks In Ohio] Reference
The ostensible reason Paris took this decision is because that's what the people of Mayotte want. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire Burden] Reference
"In ostensible command of the ship, that is," said the pirate, correcting his previous expression. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
Still, if anyone supposes that the ostensible causes of dislike are the real ones, he is mistaken. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The ostensible excuse was new scientific evidence that apes use mime to express desires and memories. From Wordnik.com. [Don't you see? It's all a trick] Reference
If that was the ostensible cause for the gala, however, Hermès had more profound reasons to celebrate. From Wordnik.com. [Classic to the Core] Reference
Javanese princes are made ostensible rulers of native districts, but associated with Dutch Residents as. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
As the ostensible host Laurence sat at the head of the table and instructed the servants to open the wine. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
At the very least, each of the three countries dreams of being first among ostensible equals in the Pacific. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Power Struggle] Reference
The study measures puberty as the start of breast development, the most ostensible sign of puberty in girls. From Wordnik.com. [Puberty Hits Girls As Young As 7] Reference
Each new guy I meet, it seems, is fascinated by my ostensible failure to fall into an obvious racial category. From Wordnik.com. [Please Ask Me Who, Not 'What,' I Am] Reference
He would arrive late; he would make his approach as ostensible as possible; he would apologize for his tardiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible peacekeeping role - were withdrawn in April 2005. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in an ostensible peacekeeping role - were withdrawn in April of 2005. From Wordnik.com. [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Egyptian history, in the first ostensible form we have, shows that concubinage and polygamy were in common practice. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Erox CEO William Horgan hopes to license the ostensible pheromones for use in everything from fabrics to air fresheners. From Wordnik.com. [Is There A Sixth Sense?] Reference
But the one-and-outers aren't true college students, at least when it comes to the ostensible purpose of higher education. From Wordnik.com. [Hold the Mayo] Reference
Some ostensible AIDS cases may simply reflect the immune-suppressing effects of common germs or of poor nutrition, he says. From Wordnik.com. [Is A New Aids Virus Emerging?] Reference
When the study began in 1997, critics questioned the ethics of giving people placebo when HRT had such huge ostensible benefits. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of The Age Of Estrogen] Reference
A banker paying a crossed cheque in accordance with its ostensible tenor obtains protection under sec. 80 and the proviso to sec. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Besides this ostensible end that I have pursued since I left my village, I have my special work that I can carry out only in Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And then their eyes met, and Nattie hastily rose and walked to the window, for no ostensible purpose, and Clem said, going after her. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference
President KIM Il-so'ng, adopted a policy of ostensible diplomatic and economic "self-reliance" as a check against excessive Soviet or. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
His enemies — and even some of his ostensible allies — have been busy for three years painting Obama as some kind of alien threat. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Illustrated Man’] Reference
Enrolling their "son" under a false name, the boy's ostensible parents were a cleaning lady and a chauffeur at the North Korean Embassy. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs To The Kingdom] Reference
But his departures from conservative orthodoxy have also made him a symbol to some conservatives of an ostensible GOP drift to the center. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Races Pit Veterans Against Newcomers] Reference
Hamid Karzai, the ostensible President of Afghanistan is actually the Mayor of Kabul, as his influence does not extend outside the capitol. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Burnett: Afghanistan: America's Failed Project] Reference
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