But the Parliamentary party appeared pretty well satisfied that the Earl’s imprisonment was a merely colourable affair, suspecting that the King was merely sacrificing a devoted friend to clear himself and appease the public wrath.
From what I afterwards ascertained it seems as if some of them imagined that they were in for a colourable imitation of the original affair of the Black Hole of Calcutta.
While they were staying there Mr. Harland received a second letter from America, a communication which was, in some respects, a colourable imitation of the first.
Even this remark did not produce the required result; so the Captain drew upon his invention for a specimen history from the annals of his own house, which was a colourable imitation of Susan Meynell's story.
There were few officers in the force who did not know that, on the first colourable pretext, it would be turned back.
The colourableoration or counterfeit tale that Perkin told the king of Scots to iustifie his false title.
The defender in compiling a rival time table, copied many of these tables and all of the circular tours from the pursuer's book, either literally or with colourable differences only.
A work which is publici juris cannot be reclaimed by colourable and immaterial alterations or additions.
A slight colourable alteration in a non-copyright photograph will not entitle it to copyright.
There was no such similarity or colourable imitation in the title as to support the claim.
From one quarter, and only one, could a colourable challenge come.
It made up its mind that France must be reconciled by the evacuation of Boulogne, if anycolourable concession could be obtained in return.
He not only has no masters in the novel; he has scarcely a colourable peer.
Also, I feel there will be a colourablepretext for revolution when the troops come home, if a hundredth part of the charges be proved to be based on truth.
Admiring disciples told me how he lived in a single room of a workman's cottage on fifteen shillings a week with a supererogatory fast thrown in on anycolourable pretext.
As in the case of similar enterprises, Henry could easily find colourable pretexts for his attack on Scots independence.
If the owner were a fool, or generously inclined (which amounted to the same thing), two of the three might put in a colourable claim for services rendered.
There is no colourable pretence of likelihood, for example, in the connection instituted between fakirs and Freemasons, or between secret societies in China and a sect of Luciferians in Charleston.
To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.
In some examples with a row of marks, a very colourable imitation of the leopard's head is seen and the public might well be deceived.
The potter found earthenware, covered with a fine platinum glaze, was a colourable imitation of silver plate.
Sometimes partisans of Mazzini would supply a colourable presumption of the truth of this accusation.
Not a blow was struck which gave a colourable ground for outrage on the part of the police.
In a former part of this work, where the justice of war was discussed, it was observed that some wars were founded upon real motives and others only upon colourable pretexts.
To lecture against war, and against taxes as directly supporting war, would wear a mostcolourable air of truth amongst all weak-minded persons.
Now, we all know how many colourable claims of right are created by prescription.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "colourable" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
