How to use "ostensibly" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ostensibly" in popular movie and book plots

  • Schön is ostensibly the body's "owner", having created the Ivo personality to avoid being the subject of experimentation.  - Macroscope (novel)
  • The tribe's leader, the Chairman, decides to send a party of nine up the tree, ostensibly to hunt and re-cut tribal markings into the trunk.  - The Integral Trees
  • Chopin is briefly swayed by a beautifully written love letter ostensibly from d'Agoult, a letter actually written by, and stolen from, Sand.  - Impromptu (1991 film)
  • She is placed alive in the trunk of their car, ostensibly to be used as fuel.  - Idaho Transfer
  • Marlowe calls mrs Grayle, ostensibly to have her pick him up at his apartment for their date.  - Farewell, My Lovely
  • Digby left, ostensibly to give himself up, as did John Wintour.  - Robert Catesby
  • Vetinari prevents an international incident by ostensibly declaring the surrender of Ankh-Morpork and offering war reparations.  - Jingo (novel)
  • Sebastian, in turn, calls Cecile to his house, ostensibly to give her a letter from Ronald.  - Cruel Intentions
  • As one of the men, ostensibly the First Sea Lord, leaves the meeting, Hannay recognizes him as one of his former pursuers in Scotland.  - The Thirty-Nine Steps
  • Joan," a teenage groupie who has come to Nashville ostensibly to visit her aunt Esther Green who is sick in the hospital.  - Nashville (film)
  • Polk then shoots Gondorff and orders Snyder to get the ostensibly respectable Lonnegan away from the crime scene.  - The Sting
  • A church-like organization known as the Ethos has excavated gears, ostensibly for the preservation of the world's culture.  - Xenogears
  • Under Mary, he had been spared, and often visited Elizabeth, ostensibly to review her accounts and expenditure.  - House of Tudor
  • The Marutomo company sends a freighter to Infant Island to pick up the egg, ostensibly to protect it.  - Godzilla vs. Mothra
  • After Lucy dies, Helsing places a golden crucifix over her mouth, ostensibly to delay or prevent Lucy's vampiric conversion.  - Dracula
  • The pigs elevate themselves to positions of leadership and set aside special food items, ostensibly for their personal health.  - Animal Farm

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