playacting
Example Sentences
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Just as important is the role of playacting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
Between 2018 and 2021, McIndoe, now 25, went from state to state, playacting the role of radicalized cult leader pushing an absurd conspiracy theory—that, as he put it, “birds aren’t real.”
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2024
What we need is a stable raft, not messy playacting.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
After sharing the idea with a colleague named Whit Alexander, the two expanded the game, adding mini-competitions that involved charades-like playacting, sculpting shapes from clay and humming popular songs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
I loved the playacting and the pretence and the secrecy of it, and I flattered myself with my own importance.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
