pretend
Example Sentences
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Related: ‘I feel like I’m living a lie’: My husband and I pretend we’re strapped for cash in front of friends.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
“I’m there to help, but you can’t pretend you’ll become a record swimmer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
I'm not one of those people, and I don't pretend that everyone is that way.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
For a time-traveler drill, professors had to pretend to be from the past and a partner had two minutes to explain what a cellphone was.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
You pretend to concentrate on straightening a blanket edge.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing pretend
"Eleven"
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"Eleven," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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