Examples of evidently in a Sentence
Evidently you and I have different feelings on this issue.
“We seem to have different feelings on this issue.” “Evidently!”
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Zuck evidently can’t grow a beard, but Ezra Klein and Senator Chris Murphy have.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
In the memo to Snelling, White wrote that someone — evidently a school administrator whose name was withheld — had spoken to Pujoe about respecting boundaries with female students four or five times and specifically about his history of driving students in his personal car, White wrote.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
The Heat tried to land Antetokounmpo ahead of February’s trade deadline, but the Milwaukee Bucks evidently either had no interest in dealing away Antetokounmpo at that time and/or wasn’t interested in Miami’s trade package.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s evidently a limit to how far an actor will go in compromising their ability to portray a more youthful person.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
In the memo to Snelling, White wrote that someone — evidently a school administrator whose name was withheld — had spoken to Pujoe about respecting boundaries with female students four or five times and specifically about his history of driving students in his personal car, White wrote.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
The Heat tried to land Antetokounmpo ahead of February’s trade deadline, but the Milwaukee Bucks evidently either had no interest in dealing away Antetokounmpo at that time and/or wasn’t interested in Miami’s trade package.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s evidently a limit to how far an actor will go in compromising their ability to portray a more youthful person.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evidently. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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evidently
adverb
ev·i·dent·ly
ˈev-əd-ənt-lē 
-ə-ˌdent-
-ə-ˌdent-
ˌev-ə-ˈdent-lē
: in an evident manner : obviously
a document evidently forged
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