How to Use evidently in a Sentence

evidently

adverb
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  • Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.
  • But don’t let facts get in the way of a good rant, evidently.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Aliyah Boston, who was evidently not the first choice in the Fever's play, had to take the final shot.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2023
  • The thief evidently brought tools to cut the wire, break locks and destroy the enclosure.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, Scott Stapp, who evidently felt the need to describe the genre his band belongs to.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • York is evidently proud of the fact that more and more copies of the book kept having to be produced to cope with demand.
    — Olivia Blair, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • That, evidently, was the last straw for the Nets, who suspended him.
    — Time, 5 Nov. 2022
  • There was, evidently, quite a lot going on in Melanie’s mind at Beep 2.3.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • These are old friends, but evidently no longer close ones.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • And over the decades this process has evidently grown more time-consuming.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The sourdough did the trick, evidently, along with Knox’s vocals.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But there evidently has not been much improvement in the wrist since.
    — Tim Reynolds, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • That evidently was the fundamental premise of the TXU takeover.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But evidently that did very little for me, meaning today is about to be a long one.
    — Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The brand has had considerable success of late on the Red Carpet, and evidently, there is more to come.
    — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Alice was evidently born deaf and learned to speak by lip reading.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Ross James was back leading off the punter rotation ahead of Luke Dunne in what was evidently a back-and-forth to open practice.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Credit to the Hornets for evidently agreeing and looking to change it.
    — Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The card had a white label taped over the first sender’s signature, which evidently could not be completely erased, and was then signed anew.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The card had a large plain white label taped over the first sender’s signature, which evidently could not be completely erased, and was then signed anew.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The band played a handful of shows in 2022, promoted as the final concerts of their reunion tour, but plans evidently changed.
    — Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Gregg Popovich evidently doesn’t plan to leave the San Antonio Spurs anytime soon.
    — Tim Reynolds, oregonlive, 8 July 2023
  • In 1947, the secrecy had been evidently too heavy for the relationship to bear.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The human writers want some guardrails on AI; the human-run studios, less so, evidently.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Police said the child was evidently left in the vehicle for 8 hours instead of being dropped off at daycare by the father.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Today, the slot, who’s not the usual one who reads the Invite, evidently had problems with a number of the inking entries this week, for taste and fairness.
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • More than half a million dollars had evidently been awarded to her two sons, Tony and Brian.
    — James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Hill has fired the attorney who filed the divorce papers, which evidently had been prepared but not been OK’d to submit.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Wilson evidently likes to spend time outdoors getting active with the three young girls.
    — Ronke Idowu-Reeves, Peoplemag, 18 June 2023
  • Even Diplo made his way to the crowd for her set, getting up on someone’s shoulders during the song despite evidently not knowing the words.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2023

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