pretended
Example Sentences
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Josie is chagrined to recognize that she would forgive him, too, if he ever so much as pretended to care about her.
You followed it religiously at home, collected all the stickers in the album, fell in love with a player and pretended to be them on the school playground.
From BBC
It’s that it apparently knowingly produced fake results and falsely pretended they were real and accurate.
From MarketWatch
Desperate to quieten Wolf, Torak pretended to spot some distant prey, by standing very still and staring intently.
From Literature
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He pretended to throw a boa across his neck.
From Literature
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