pretense
Example Sentences
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“It’s a terrible idea to move swiftly and not have the really complicated and challenging process that is required to actually work towards more than a superficial pretense of revisionist history,” Gudis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
This is the kind of art that would find a suitable home in a crypto king’s Miami mansion, and whose pretense of depth can’t conceal its wallowing in the shallows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Yet he did not muster even the pretense of evidence that they pose an “imminent threat.”
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026
The question then becomes: Will fans still tune into college games when there’s no pretense the players are students?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
She was convinced that his worry, now, was only a pretense; he was just frustrated that she was not doing what he wanted.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
