Sample Sentences for
per se
(auto-selected)

Show 3 more sentences
  • •
    "It wasn't a dream per se, as a matter of fact," he told Jeannie.†  (source)
  • •
    They were conquered, but there's no evidence of genocide per se.†  (source)
  • •
    She has a special talent that has nothing to do with sex per se.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more
  • •
    Despite the mark-up I'd paid in repurchasing the fake from Mr. So-and-So (ideally an actor or a clothing designer who collected as a hobby, if not illustrious as a collector per se) I could then turn around and sell it again for sometimes twice what I'd bought it back for, to some Wall Street cheese fry who didn't know Chippendale from Ethan Allen but was more than thrilled with "official documents" proving that his Duncan Phyfe secretary or whatever came from the collection of Mr. So-and-So, noted philanthropist/interior decorator/leading light of Broadway/fill-in-the-blank.†  (source)
  • •
    There's nothing wrong with it per se.†  (source)
  • •
    I'm not thinking of anything fancy, and not a recording studio, per se.†  (source)
  • •
    He would stay with us, but I had no legal protection per se.†  (source)
  • •
    They're not dangerous per se..."But they are a right pain," said Cooper, glancing at it.†  (source)
  • •
    If by "per se" Wiley meant "in and of itself alone," one in ten may even be an exaggeration.†  (source)
  • •
    "The rape per se didn't impact me so much," she says.†  (source)
  • •
    There were no experts at orbital mining per se.†  (source)
  • •
    The girl had no other injuries, per se, though she hardly responded when spoken to or even when examined.†  (source)
  • •
    The only important participants absent were the original defendants; in their stead, as it were, stood Judge Tate, old Mr. Fleming, and Harrison Smith, whose careers were imperiled-not because of the appellant's allegations per se, but because of the apparent credit the Bar Association bestowed upon them.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)