pretended

Example Sentences

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Judge Williams said Villafane charmed his partner and pretended to be caring and generous.

From BBC

He said he realized he needed to quit when he pretended he needed to use the bathroom while he was hanging out with friends so he could return to his chatbots.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some pretended to be difficult customers to allow the waitstaff to rehearse for future nitpicking.

From The Wall Street Journal

Once, when his daughter skinned her knee by a swimming pool, he took a piece of fried chicken and jokingly pretended to apply it to the wound.

From New York Times

Or, pretended to be a plumber — and fit in seamlessly, attracting a huge devotion of friends who cared for her and worried about her — in order to blend in at a Catskills resort?

From Salon