How to Use purport in a Sentence

purport

verb
  • Luke purports to know his way around a few recipes.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • Swindlers send emails and texts that purport to come from the customer’s bank.
    — David Benoit, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • This bot purported to be a parent who plays against his kids.
    — Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • To purport that would be comedic at best and downright lying at worst.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Nowadays, some apps purport to make speed reading easy.
    — Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The bills used were purported to be older $100 bills.
    — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The kind of stories that should be avoided at all costs are the ones that purport to look too far into the future.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • At 26, Dean doesn’t purport to have mastered the art of loving.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • One slide purported to show the emissions from various sources.
    — Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
  • As crazy as the movie purports to be, there’s never an unexpected moment.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Another episode purported to prove that masks are toxic for children.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Most purported to be biographies of famous figures, and all were published in the last few months.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Only statements purported to be by the new supreme leader have been read out since his appointment.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Did some initial research but found that a book had recently been written about the crime, purporting to have solved it.
    — Adam Smyth, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • For the author to purport to understand Field’s inner life at such a moment could be a stretch.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • That’s a false dilemma, created by the very institution that purports to solve it.
    — Allyson McCabe, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The military also shared video purporting to show the insides of the tunnels.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The curve purports that there is a trade-off between unemployment and inflation.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Residents were urged not to click on any links or scan any QR codes from messages purporting to be from a court.
    — Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Many want to know about an antibody test that purports to indicate whether a child’s brain is receiving enough folate.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Attached to the tweet was a screenshot purporting to show a dozen tweets from Cruz posted after mass shootings.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 8 May 2023
  • Many online purported to dig up and share personal details about both of their families.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The balance of the dynamic energy of these three doshas is purported to achieve harmony in the body.
    — Hasina Khatib, Allure, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Tips and purported ransom notes flooded in but no investigative breaks.
    — Ethan Beck The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Of particular note is a novel term for what the bureau purports to be an emerging extremism threat.
    — Daniel Boguslaw, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
  • Of particular note is a novel term for what the bureau purports to be an emerging extremism threat.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
  • Many of the polls that purported to measure opinion in swing states relied on smaller samples and weaker methods.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The sites purport to be struggling small businesses offering big discounts.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • Besides that, Exipure pills also purport to supercharge your brain health and your overall health.
    — James Robinson, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And the next player in the scam is somebody purporting to be from a financial institution.
    — Robert Legare, Jeff Pegues, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2023

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