make believe

Example Sentences

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“I think they want to believe in the Spirit of the Sea more than any of the other weird make-believe things they’ve been chasing.”

From Literature

By the time her mom calls her down for dinner, Rita finds that she’s really quite busy with her make-believe adventures—an unexpected ending to a not-so-boring day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tiler Peck’s “Real Truth,” a world premiere, was accompanied by a tape of Gregory Porter speaking and singing a piety-filled statement about truth versus make-believe.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then I mumbled for my ears alone, “Sounds like a bunch of grown-up persons running around playing make-believe.”

From Literature

Portraits take on a religious air, becoming icons, and landscapes read more as medieval illuminations than lands of make-believe.

From The Wall Street Journal