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

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

"An atom can in some respects act as though it were simultaneously in multiple locations."

From Salon • Jan. 30, 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

How dare she, they thought, act as though she had a right to all that?

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith