How to Use ostensive in a Sentence

ostensive

adjective
  • Researchers in this new study show that dogs made their decisions based on these ostensive cues as well.
    Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 2012-04-28
  • The United Arab Emirates has taken advantage of the fight and now dominates the south, squeezing out its ostensive ally, Hadi.
    Fox News, 2018-05-11
  • The United Arab Emirates has taken advantage of the fight and now dominates the south, squeezing out its ostensive ally, Hadi.
    Washington Post, 2018-05-12

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