pretended
Example Sentences
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“So we just pretended like none of that was there.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He pretended the money was for "football equipment, council liabilities, Companies House fees, charity registration costs and business penalties".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then she grabbed her Bible, pretended to flip through it and said, “Let me just check. Yes!”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
It was the sort of thing she'd seen in one of the Marvellian vintage catalogs Mama pretended not to order from—Victoria Valerino’s Vintage Vanguard.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
