How to Use apparent in a Sentence
apparent
adjective- What was the apparent cause of the accident?
- We disagreed on the apparent meaning of the movie.
- From the beginning, it was apparent that she was not an ordinary child.
- He started yelling and throwing things for no apparent reason.
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Nowhere was the rise of K-beauty more apparent than in the skin-care realm.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
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The body was found near the shore, about 20 miles south of Cassville, and had an apparent gunshot wound.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 1 June 2023
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But the fraught nature of those ties was apparent at the G-20 summit.
—Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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The Middle Fork was reshaped by the gold rush of the 1800s, which was apparent throughout the trip.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
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Think too deeply, though, and the lack of stakes becomes too apparent to ignore.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
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Evan White to the Braves, in another apparent salary dump.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
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The Moon will close the apparent distance between the two until in one moment the starlight will be gone!
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
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There is an apparent bullet wound by his right ear and blood has stained his white shirt.
—Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
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This was apparent at an early preview, when Killam emerged as one of the Knights of Ni.
—Sopan Deb, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
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But going against Boozer, the gulf in their skill sets was apparent.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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The scale of this cut in research support becomes apparent at the state level, with harms to both red and blue states.
—Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2025
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The high alcohol noted on the label is not apparent on the palate.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
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The reality of the world was very apparent and just hit me at every turn.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2024
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That couldn't be more apparent than PBS' lineup tonight, at least.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2023
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Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
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Last year in court, Tardy chalked the apparent discrepancies up to poor word choice.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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The Ravens seemed to have a stranglehold on the game when Jackson had a third-down sneak to the Baltimore 46 for an apparent first down.
—Tom Canavan, ajc, 17 Oct. 2022
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Nowhere is that more apparent than in the top five priorities list for 2024.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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The teenage victim was found by police on the ground in a first-floor bedroom with apparent gunshot wounds.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
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Video showed the apparent twister roaring across a Wellington road.
—NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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And the local difference will also be apparent at the first real stop: A lounge, with a bar and food.
—oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
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The quality was apparent in the little details like the stitching, high thread count, and feel.
—Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
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Equally apparent, the justified fear the club has about his arm.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
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Part of the apparent rapid warming is because 2023 began in the tail end of an unusual string of three back-to-back La Niña events.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
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As a result, the union met with Carr on Monday in apparent hopes that Carr, who has promised tight scrutiny of the merger, uses his muscle to achieve measures that protect workers.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
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All of the people involved in the crash appeared to be injured, police said, with the motorcyclist suffering apparent life-threatening injuries.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
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