Sentences with phrase «possibly apocryphal»
American Naturalist 93 (870): 145 - 159): «There is a story, possibly apocryphal, of the distinguished British biologist, J.B.S. Haldane, who found himself in the company of a group of theologians.
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On the strength of this (possibly apocryphal) story alone, I was excited about the Royal Academy's Cornell retrospective (until 27 September)-- the first in this country since the 1970s; I have only ever seen the travel - fixated recluse's works in reproduction.
Morris's ebullience permeates the tale (possibly apocryphal) of his assurance to Hamilton that the great Washington was not so austere as often thought.
It's so big that (possibly apocryphal) stories have popped up about the government forcing publisher Square Enix to only release new games in the series on Saturdays, to avoid obsessed gamers skipping out on school and work to stand in line at a store.
In a possibly apocryphal story, the famed biologist J.B.S. Haldane is said to have answered that «he is inordinately fond of beetles.»
My aunt told me the possibly apocryphal story (it happened 25 years ago) of how my very counter-culture, headstrong, road - less - traveled cousin potty - trained.
He treated the story as possibly apocryphal, but it is, in fact, true....
A possibly apocryphal story has Thoreau standing by his pond and watching the first telegraph lines from Maine to Boston being strung and saying, «What if they have nothing to say to each other?»