PRETEND in a Sentence
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242 example sentences for PRETEND, such as:
1. Don't pretend to be nice to me.
2. I pretend my legs are graceful.
3. Don't ever pretend to be living well.
4. All my life, I've only been pretending.
5. I don't pretend that Will has no faults.
2. I pretend my legs are graceful.
3. Don't ever pretend to be living well.
4. All my life, I've only been pretending.
5. I don't pretend that Will has no faults.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PRETEND
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pretend
v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
v. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He knew she hadn't loved Charlie and he wouldn't let her pretend to the nice polite sentiments that she should express.
2 Actually she was neither, but she could pretend to be.
3 Having to pretend that her heart was in the grave when it wasn't.
4 He felt there was something unbecoming about a woman understanding fractions and business matters and he believed that, should a woman be so unfortunate as to have such unladylike comprehension, she should pretend not to.
5 And it would be just as much fun, even if it was so babyish, to have tea by herself and pretend that she was entertaining clever men.
6 Especially all these tenant farmers that pretend they have so much trouble getting seed and machinery.
7 I pretend my legs are graceful.
8 I could just drop in for a second and then pretend I had a country call and beat it.
9 I don't pretend that Will has no faults.
10 You always pretend to be so sophisticated and all, but you're a baby.
11 There are only two books in being which at all pretend to put the living sperm whale before you, and at the same time, in the remotest degree succeed in the attempt.
12 Some pretend to see a difference between the Greenland whale of the English and the right whale of the Americans.
13 They know the men of the section of the country who refuse this are not so desirous of punishing rapists as they pretend.
14 The hands of these men would be criss-crossed with cuts, until you could no longer pretend to count them or to trace them.
15 These varlets pretend to be bent chiefly on their sun-down meal, but the moment it is dark they will be on our trail, as true as hounds on the scent.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 Too sad so still is inferior to pretend don't care about anything.
2 The accident was my fault-it would be foolish to pretend otherwise.
3 Of course I was wrong; it would be hypocritical to pretend otherwise.
4 Take advantage of weekends to pretend you're happy for a couple days.
5 Don't ever pretend to be living well.
6 In the mouth, heart in surrender, we all pretend.
7 Don't pretend to be nice to me.
8 After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal.
9 I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
10 Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.
11 Of course this time the object of their scorn is a representative of the real America that Democrats pretend to represent.
12 I do not pretend to be omniscient, but I am positive about this fact.
13 But it is no use now, thought poor Alice, to pretend to be two people! Why, there is hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable person!
14 By what instinct do you pretend to distinguish between a fallen seraph of the abyss and a messenger from the eternal throne -- between a guide and a seducer?
15 All my life, I've only been pretending.