How to Use reputedly in a Sentence

reputedly

adverb
  • But few of those released are as infamous as Bout with, reputedly, such blood on their hands.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022
  • The driest summer in decades has turned much of their reputedly green and pleasant land various shades of brown.
    — Luke Vargas, WSJ, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Fresh or dried leaves can be made into a calming tea that reputedly reduces anxiety.
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
  • In other words, the central Asian country is reputedly home to heaps of lithium.
    — Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • One donor was reputedly surprised that Biden did not address Reade in his answer.
    — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Ubisoft In any case, yes, Odyssey is reputedly set in Ancient Greece.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 1 June 2018
  • Housed in a century-old church, the space was also reputedly beautiful.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 18 Apr. 2018
  • That is to say, hide them from reputedly the world's most effective intelligence outfit.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The one who reputedly killed newspapers' main revenue source, the classifieds.
    — Claire Atkinson, NBC News, 12 June 2018
  • Days later, the village was sacked, reputedly by the Cavalry.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2018
  • He is aided by Jonas Pierce (Peters), reputedly the world’s best maritime rights lawyer.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The 6-foot-3 blocker did his job with an intensity that reputedly bordered on fury.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Now, Nanite can reputedly import and use the highest-quality assets with no extra work.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 13 May 2020
  • Rivers reputedly never has uttered a single profane word, no matter how badly the Chargers blocked for him.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Shores of Gold is reputedly 10 to 15 hours long, split across nine chapters, and adds a new island that’s set to be the largest in the game.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 22 Apr. 2019
  • Thomas, reputedly the fastest player in college football, broke away from the Alabama defense and raced into the clear.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Dan Daly reputedly yelled as his attacking Marines plunged into German lines.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • The breed, reputedly one of the world’s oldest equines, is known for its tranquil temperament, hardiness, and coat color that morphs from dark at birth to nearly white as an adult.
    — Kimberley Lovato, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
  • Gordon played the role of Denis Byrd (a character that de Palma reputedly based on himself).
    — David Obuchowski, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The ancient Greeks reputedly used egg sacs to bandage wounds, and New Guinean fishermen are known to have woven the webs of orb spiders into nets.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2017
  • The Buddha reputedly died, at age eighty, near what is today Kushinagar, in Uttar Pradesh.
    — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The village where the violence occurred, Koumaga, is reputedly home to some extremists linked to al-Qaeda.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2018
  • This remote outpost, roughly the size of Switzerland, is reputedly one of the world's largest river islands -- it's bordered on every side by the mighty Amazon.
    — Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Its casino, owned by the local government, was founded in 1917, reputedly to help tease intelligence out of off-duty diplomats in the first world war.
    — The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The Golden Globes is reputedly a white and out-of-step institution created to trade awards for access to their favorite celebrities and kickbacks from studios.
    — Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The tank, introduced in 1980, reputedly performs poorly in rain and fog, and is vulnerable to cheap hobby drones fitted with explosive charges.
    — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Gatsbyesque magnate reputedly filled the rooms with showgirls while his wife and children slept in distant bungalows, and celebrity guests arrived from every walk of American life.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The chief target of the probe was Isabel dos Santos, the former president’s eldest daughter and reputedly Africa’s richest woman.
    — Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
  • But pro-Western Prime Minster Edi Rama – at 6 foot, 7 inches, reputedly the world’s tallest leader – is proving up to the task.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Nelsen's — whose founder reputedly drank a pint of bitters every day as a restorative and lived to be 90 — issues Bitters Club Certificates to anyone willing to knock back a shot.
    — Kurt Chandler, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017

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