How to Use purported in a Sentence

purported

adjective
  • The Friday call, like most of these scam calls, purported to come from a local area code.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Also available for viewing is what is purported to be a diary (ca.
    — Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 24 May 2018
  • The content is often memes and images rather than purported news stories.
    — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Soon, Backpage became the home for the ads the purported to offer escorts.
    — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 9 Apr. 2018
  • All of the juices contain raw ingredients that are purported to do wonders for your body, inside and out.
    — Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The Crown of Thorns is purported to be the one placed on the head of Jesus at his crucifixion.
    — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Moreover, the fact that this new list would be the only one in existence aside from the list for purported terrorists risks making the two seem of equal weight.
    — Cynthia Lummis, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The temple at Tenshou-Kyousha has a mermaid mummy purported to be over 1,400 years old.
    — Swapna Krishna, Smithsonian, 16 Feb. 2017

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