pretend
Example Sentences
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“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
On the way to the police station, Digwa, speaking in Punjabi to his brother, agreed to pretend that he had acted in self-defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
A year and a half out, it seems a million years away, and I dread the day we pass each other somewhere in the city we both still live in and pretend to be strangers.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
“I don’t pretend, Fly,” she said, using his nickname for the first time.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
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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