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.
  • In fatty tissue, which appears gray, white tumors are more apparent.
    Leah Small, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And the local difference will also be apparent at the first real stop: A lounge, with a bar and food.
    oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2023
  • After multiple treatments, the makeup foundation stain was lightened, but still apparent.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Still, psilocybin’s highest accolades have come from the drug’s apparent success in treating depression.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Police have arrested a woman after a dismembered body and apparent cooked body parts were reportedly found at her Kentucky home.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Known as a premier reel producer for decades, Okuma’s care in designing this reel is immediately apparent.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The email included an apparent case number for an internal affairs investigation.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Trabant engine came in hot from the east at around 700 feet, then lazily circled over the sleeping city with no apparent plan.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The biggest difference, and one that is apparent even at a glance, is the wheelbase, which has been stretched by 5.1 inches.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 June 2024
  • Since suspending his campaign, Kennedy has attempted to withdraw his name from the presidential election ballot, in an apparent effort to avoid splitting the vote for Trump.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Jason Kelce is currently going viral for his apparent reaction to a homophobic slur—and many Taylor Swift fans couldn't be more proud.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2024

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