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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That sounded important, but evidently was not.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Markström, evidently unhappy at Shesterkin pushing Cotter, skated down the ice and asked Shesterkin to fight.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Zuck evidently can’t grow a beard, but Ezra Klein and Senator Chris Murphy have.
—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
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
Markström, evidently unhappy at Shesterkin pushing Cotter, skated down the ice and asked Shesterkin to fight.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Zuck evidently can’t grow a beard, but Ezra Klein and Senator Chris Murphy have.
—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
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“Evidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evidently. Accessed 8 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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