pretended

Example Sentences

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I nodded, but I’d have been lying if I said I hadn’t come for the lynx—or pretended that the distant views through the scope on day one had been entirely satisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Our translator rang the number and pretended to be a would-be migrant who had the money to fly his whole family to the UK.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

But as Hull wrote: “Spirit Airlines wasn’t perfect. But it was safe, and it never pretended to be something it wasn’t.”

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“Not only has he not come up with a plan, he has pretended we don’t need one,” said Patrick Murphy, a professor of public affairs at the University of San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

She pretended that she was her hero, because he wouldn’t mind that his computer and suitcase had washed overboard and were at the bottom of the ocean.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr