act as though
Example Sentences
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This is why the court doesn’t decide national “emergencies” with some back-of-the-cocktail-napkin, invisible-ink reasoning, then expect judges across the country to act as though it wrote a law-review article on the subject.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026
They are walking and talking sketches of people who look like real women but act as though they’ve been dropped into their bodies just this morning.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025
In patients that go on to develop CRS, Tewari explains that while there is "no bacteria, per se," the neutrophils are confused and act as though there's an invader.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
“I can’t understand how the school system seems to think that we ought to act as though we are the parent.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023
“Can you—” he tried to act as though a horrifying thought had just occurred to him.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
