pretended

Example Sentences

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Josie is chagrined to recognize that she would forgive him, too, if he ever so much as pretended to care about her.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

It’s that it apparently knowingly produced fake results and falsely pretended they were real and accurate.

From MarketWatch

Desperate to quieten Wolf, Torak pretended to spot some distant prey, by standing very still and staring intently.

From Literature

He pretended to throw a boa across his neck.

From Literature