make believe
Example Sentences
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Bitcoin might be make believe, but it’s also the center of speculative activity in financial markets.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
“And just make believe and playing. And then on a personal level, I think I learned how to be myself … that everyone would accept me for who I was.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023
It is a sensation without parallel in the world of make believe.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
There’s no time to develop characters’ nuance and mood: It’s the difference between acting and playing make believe.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022
It was just like him to give me the catfish and make believe it was the whiting.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
