as if

Example Sentences

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In the domino comparison, it is as if only the final pieces determine the end result.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

"Immediately, it was as if we were wasting this doctor's time and he was quite curt with Meg," Helen said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

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

But her voice was strangely muffled, somehow both distant and close, as if it were coming from all around and nowhere at all.

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