All 45 Uses of
apparent
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- Of course, it became apparent to me very quickly that he had no extraordinary talent at all.†
Chpt 2
- Dumbledore waited a moment or two, apparently to see whether any of the Dursleys were going to say anything, but as the . ilcncc stretched on he smiled.†
Chpt 3 *
- Dumbledore was humming quietly, apparently quite at his ease, but the atmosphere was thicker than cold custard, and Harry did not dare look at the Dursleys as he said, "Professor — I'm ready now.†
Chpt 3
- Apparently lost in memories, he gazed at the opposite wall, turning idly on the spot to ensure an even heat on his backside.†
Chpt 4
- Mrs. Weasley nodded and turned the doorknob, but apparently Mr. Weasley was holding tight to it on the other side, because the door remained firmly shut.†
Chpt 5
- Apparently Hermione felt she had been rumbled too because she suddenly threw caution to the winds.†
Chpt 6
- It was a pretty lame story in Harry's opinion, and apparently Borgin thought so too.†
Chpt 6
- They used to be old friends, apparently, but when he heard he'd been caught at the Ministry he didn't look happy, and Nott didn't get an invitation, did he?†
Chpt 7
- Crabbe and Goyle were gawping at Malfoy; apparently they had had no inkling of any plans to move on to bigger and better things.†
Chpt 7
- Hermione's remonstration was drowned by a loud giggle; Lavender Brown had apparently found Ron's remark highly amusing.†
Chpt 9
- "And that," said Slughorn, apparently coming back to earth, "is what I shall be offering as a prize in this lesson."†
Chpt 9
- Apparently Gaunt felt rather differently.†
Chpt 10
- Apparently the winding lane to the village passed very close to the copse where the house stood.†
Chpt 10
- Merope shook her head frantically, pressing herself into the wall, apparently unable to speak.†
Chpt 10
- Harry glanced over at Ron, who had always had a problem with nerves; Harry had hoped that winning their final match last term might have cured it, but apparently not: Ron was a delicate shade of green.†
Chpt 11
- Instead they lowered her to the ground where she thrashed and screamed, apparently unable to recognize any of them.†
Chpt 12
- On one side of him, Ron rubbed his nose in apparent embarrassment; on the other, Hermione shuffled her feet as though quite keen to put a bit of distance between herself and Harry.†
Chpt 12
- Harry asked, disregarding a strong feeling that he might be pushing his luck, a feeling apparently shared by Phineas Nigellus, who hissed softly.†
Chpt 13
- Apparently deciding that Dumbledore was not a hallucination, she said feebly, "Oh yes.†
Chpt 13
- Apparently Dumbledore thought so too, for Harry now saw him slip his wand out of the pocket of his velvet suit, at the same time picking up a piece of perfectly blank paper from Mrs. Cole's desktop.†
Chpt 13
- Apparently she decided she could, because she said in a sudden rush, "He scares the other children."†
Chpt 13
- I trust that you also noticed that Tom Riddle was already highly selfsufficient, secretive, and, apparently, friendless?†
Chpt 13
- Again and again they scored, and again and again, at the other end of the pitch, Ron saved goals with apparent ease.†
Chpt 14
- "Overindulged over Christmas, apparently," said Hermione, rolling her eyes as she led the way into the packed common room.†
Chpt 17
- She stared across the room, apparently lost in thought, not even noticing Lavender tickling Ron.†
Chpt 17
- And that, apparently, was all he ever said again.†
Chpt 17
- Apparently the Prince, like Hermione, had had no difficulty understanding it.†
Chpt 18
- He had found it, a folded square of apparently blank parchment, which he now smoothed out and tapped with [he tip of his wand.†
Chpt 18
- So how's McLaggen shaping up?" he asked Harry nervously, apparently forgetting that he had already asked the same question twice.†
Chpt 19
- "Slytherin's mark," he said quietly, as the light played upon an ornate, serpentine S. "That's right!" said Hepzibah, delighted, apparently, at the sight of Voldemort gazing at her locket, transfixed.†
Chpt 20
- Burke bought it, apparently, from a ragged-looking woman who seemed to have stolen it, but had no idea of its true value —†
Chpt 20
- He looked around to see a gaggle of first years running back around the corner, apparently un-der the impression that they had just encountered a particularly foulmouthed ghost.†
Chpt 21
- Apparently he's gone away again.†
Chpt 21
- "Nothing in particular," said Tonks, picking, apparently uncon-sciously, at the sleeve of her robe.†
Chpt 21
- He had been thwarted, both in his attempts to find out what Malfoy was doing, and in his efforts to start a conversation with Slughorn that might lead, somehow, to Slughorn hand-ing over the memory he had apparently suppressed for decades.†
Chpt 22
- Harry thougln he heard the tinkle of bottles as Slughorn bent over the pincers, apparently examining the enormous hairy head.†
Chpt 22
- All thought of the lateness of the hour apparently forgotten, he hurried around his desk, took the bottle with Slughorn's memory in his uninjured hand, and strode over to the cabinet where he kepi the Pensieve.†
Chpt 23
- But Riddle's hunger was now apparent; his expression was greedy, he could no longer hide his longing.†
Chpt 23
- He dropped his voice as Katie's friends started gathering up their things; apparently they were late for Transfiguration.†
Chpt 24
- "Apparently I underestimated you, Potter," he said quietly.†
Chpt 24
- The news had traveled very fast: Apparently Moaning Myrtle had taken it upon herself to pop up in every bathroom in the castle to tell the story; Malfoy had already been visited in the hospital wing by Pansy Parkinson, who had lost no time in vilifying Harry far and wide, and Snape had told the staff precisely what had happened.†
Chpt 24
- 'Yeah, well, you still didn't realise who was behind that stuff, did you?' sneered Malfoy, as Dumbledore slid a little down the ramparts, the strength in his legs apparently fading, and Harry struggled fruitlessly, mutely, against the enchantment binding him.†
Chpt 27
- Hagrid fell silent, the thought apparently too horrible to express aloud.†
Chpt 28
- Pushing open the doors, Harry saw Neville lying, apparently asleep, in a bed near the door.†
Chpt 29
- Apparently she was now headmistress … so the room behind the gargoyle was now hers.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(apparent) clear or obvious; or appearing as such but not necessarily so