as if

Example Sentences

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He held both hands up as if to challenge skeptics to count his fingers.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“My wife and my kids can attest, I was laughing as if I saw them for the first time,” Oliver said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“It’s kind of like the world outside of this attic,” the Grammy-winning and multihyphenate artist says, reaching toward the window as if he could leap through and enter another dimension.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Reacting to a narrow defeat for a much-changed team as if a sacred contract written in the manager's blood had been broken was wild.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Gingersnipes picked at the dirt beneath her claws, as if she did not know what else to do with herself.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman