act as though
Example Sentences
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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
This required the family to move several times and his children act as though they were forced to live in a third-world country.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2024
This is also a type of public performance: one is expected to act as though they are 100 percent certain and correct even when they are full of inner doubt and anxiety.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023
“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
