Modifies a noun

• gospel: You also get bizarre alleged miracles in the apocryphal gospels.

• tale: Actually, there's an ' apocryphal tale ' about Don.

• writing: In apocryphal writings the appearance of the thieves in the story is planted back in Christ's infancy.

• story: What, if any, would be the loss if the apocryphal story were omitted?

• story: There are many apocryphal stories dating from the 18th century.

Modifying Another Word

• possibly: The possibly apocryphal story is that King John was discovered in the act of cuckolding a man of modest means.

• probably: This is probably apocryphal, but the principle is valid.

• perhaps: I am reminded of a story, perhaps apocryphal.

• certainly: The question is what to believe, for much that we have heard about her is almost certainly apocryphal.

• not: The story of a chairman of the Library Committee who sent his lunch hours reading childrens ' comics was unfortunately not apocryphal.

Used with adjective complement

• sound: One former member recalls two other exercises; they may sound apocryphal, but I am assured that they actually happened.