How to Use evidently in a Sentence
evidently
adverb- Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.
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But don’t let facts get in the way of a good rant, evidently.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022 -
Aliyah Boston, who was evidently not the first choice in the Fever's play, had to take the final shot.
— Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023 -
Still, Gold and the actors have evidently made sense of it all, which was good enough for me.
— New York Times, 22 June 2022 -
The items in the care package seem to us as evidently having some form of cost.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 May 2021 -
The thief evidently brought tools to cut the wire, break locks and destroy the enclosure.
— Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023 -
Yes, Scott Stapp, who evidently felt the need to describe the genre his band belongs to.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023 -
York is evidently proud of the fact that more and more copies of the book kept having to be produced to cope with demand.
— Olivia Blair, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022 -
That, evidently, was the last straw for the Nets, who suspended him.
— Time, 5 Nov. 2022 -
The young princess was evidently being groomed for the rigors of a life of service.
— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022 -
Amid the mayhem around the plate, Baez evidently lost one of his earrings.
— Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021 -
One fan evidently had a spot close to the stage, as evidenced by her videos at @kayla_sullivann.
— Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 22 May 2021 -
Basie watch the scene, made no move to stop it, and in fact quite evidently enjoyed the morality play.
— Larry Tye, TIME, 9 May 2024 -
There was, evidently, quite a lot going on in Melanie’s mind at Beep 2.3.
— Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023 -
The Copper Scroll was evidently flat when it was first made, but then coated with clay and rolled like a scroll.
— Gary Schiff, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 -
The racial politics of the book are too dicey, evidently.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Feb. 2022 -
But the water evidently was too deep for the electroshockers to force the fish to surface, and the carp proved cagey enough to avoid getting snarled in the nets.
— Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2021 -
Chell, the lawsuit claims, has evidently learned of the complaint.
— Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024 -
But the ruling showed that those judges evidently changed their views.
— Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022 -
These are old friends, but evidently no longer close ones.
— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022 -
And over the decades this process has evidently grown more time-consuming.
— Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024 -
Since Icon will sell a rolling chassis, someone evidently needs to buy one and make a 917 EV.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022 -
The sourdough did the trick, evidently, along with Knox’s vocals.
— Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2023 -
But there evidently has not been much improvement in the wrist since.
— Tim Reynolds, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023 -
Two plays, two scores – but the fireworks evidently hadn’t ceased.
— Evan Merrill, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022 -
And evidently, the judge thought Costello was trying to stare him down in that moment.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 -
That evidently was the fundamental premise of the TXU takeover.
— IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 -
What the team evidently doesn't have is a Top 10 NBA starting lineup.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2022 -
His good friend, director Sacha Gervasi, and podcast host Rich Roll evidently think so.
— Peter White, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024 -
Some stations evidently weren’t happy about running the ad.
— Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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