pretend

Example Sentences

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Across the room, Yarrow cleans up the mess on the floor, red-faced, as everyone else pretends not to notice.

From Literature

We pretend not to notice how long someone’s delivery has been sitting in the lobby.

From Salon

We stay in the sea for hours pretending we are mermaids, and when we finally come out, our skin is all wrinkly.

From Literature

Coal pretended to have made the team and went to every practice, but instead he took his sketch pad out and started drawing on the side of the field.

From Literature

Advisers generally aren’t fond of pretending to know more than they know — or speculating about what will happen.

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