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.
• And the problem has only become more apparent in the decades since Troost and Greenfield got their doctorates.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
• His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2023
• Also, Ty’s talent and the working connection with Gayle became apparent right away.
  — Steve Rogers, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2023
• Jacobs died by an apparent suicide in their Nashville home on Friday, according to authorities.
  — Megan Thomas, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
• Three teen girls, including one who was pregnant, were fatally shot Saturday night in Texas by a man who then killed himself in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• Kyle Jacobs celebrated a milestone in his career in his final Instagram post before his apparent suicide.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the full scale of the disaster only became apparent as the country woke Tuesday.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• Nowhere was the rise of K-beauty more apparent than in the skin-care realm.
  — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
• 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
• But the fraught nature of those ties was apparent at the G-20 summit.
  — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Think too deeply, though, and the lack of stakes becomes too apparent to ignore.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
• Evan White to the Braves, in another apparent salary dump.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The reality of the world was very apparent and just hit me at every turn.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2024
• That couldn't be more apparent than PBS' lineup tonight, at least.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2023
• Tripp was pronounced dead at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound.
  — Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• Last year in court, Tardy chalked the apparent discrepancies up to poor word choice.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Nowhere is that more apparent than in the top five priorities list for 2024.
  — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Video showed the apparent twister roaring across a Wellington road.
  — NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
• And the local difference will also be apparent at the first real stop: A lounge, with a bar and food.
  — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
• The quality was apparent in the little details like the stitching, high thread count, and feel.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The last of three people shot in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday in East Price Hill has died.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024