pretend
Example Sentences
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Keisha is the only character on stage who doesn’t understand why these strangers are pretending to be family members.
From Los Angeles Times
You followed it religiously at home, collected all the stickers in the album, fell in love with a player and pretended to be them on the school playground.
From BBC
"At this stage, it's just unhelpful to pretend there is still some kind of comprehensive system in place."
From BBC
Over a fingerpicked progression, he begins with “To pretend that everything will be just fine / That any wicked problem will dissolve over time.”
Daniel testified he called people with accounts on Coinbase and other platforms, pretending to be a customer service representative.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
