Sample Sentences forpurportgrouped by contextual meaning (editor-reviewed)
purport as in: Her ex-husband purports that...
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Even among the people who purport to understand the technology there is wide disagreement about its ramifications.
purport = claim
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They purport that the poll is unbiased and shows that Americans who are acquainted with the facts support the legislation.
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They point to the purported original document as evidence of their ownership.purported = claimed
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The manufacturer purports that the supplement wards off colds.purports = claims
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They purport that the video is of a flying saucer.purport = claim
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They purport to support the legislation out of concern for the environment, but many suspect profit is their primary motive.
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A key element in this purported plot were migrant children.† (source)
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She purports to have no memory of the murders; or at least of the Montgomery woman's. (source)purports = claims
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Most of these are lost; but I find one purporting to be the substance of an intended creed, containing, as I thought, the essentials of every known religion, and being free of every thing that might shock the professors of any religion. (source)purporting = claiming
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He then delivered a note to McMillian, purportedly written by Karen Kelly.† (source)
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The Protocols, published in 1903, purported to be a record of a secret meeting of powerful Jews planning world domination.† (source)
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I caution you that everything you've just seen and heard from Ancil might not be all that it purports to be. (source)purports = claims
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From someone purporting to be your attorney out there, requesting a transfer of funds.† (source)
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Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, who had purportedly come here to speak on behalf of Sen.† (source)
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purport as in: The purport of the letter was...
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The purport of the letter is that she is innocent and claims to the contrary are motivated by greed.
purport = general meaning
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The second letter was from another witness and of the same purport as the first.
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The purport of the legislation is to improve health care.purport = purpose or intent
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The second and third pages purport to be his last will and testament. (source)purport = are claimed
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Yet such must be the impression conveyed to you by what appears to be the purport of my actions. (source)purport = purpose
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They little guessed what deadly purport lurked in those self-condemning words. (source)purport = meaning or significance
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The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia. (source)purport = purpose
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Sir, if I rightly understand the purport of your message ... 'this post is to be immediately surrendered or the garrison put to the sword.' (source)purport = the general meaning
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The purport of Cedric's speech was repeated to him in French. (source)purport = essence or gist
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Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows; and the spectre is known at all the country firesides, by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. (source)
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This is the purport of what I remember as urged by both sides, except that… (source)purport = meaning
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The friend that you purport is your master.† (source)
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He had suppressed the letter I wrote to grandmother, and prepared a substitute of his own, the purport of which was as follows:— Dear Grandmother: I have long wanted to write to you; but the disgraceful manner in which I left you and my children made me ashamed to do it.† (source)
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Being at liberty, I lost no time in seeking the old servant; who, having gathered by degrees the purport of my hasty tale, hurried below, gasping, as he descended the steps two at once.† (source)
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