pretended
Example Sentences
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He then pretended to board the old Air Force One, only to secretly switch planes by hiding in a refueling truck, due to security threats.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Instead, Owens pretended there are numerous holes in the case.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“This is the start of the hard phase and I have never pretended otherwise,” Mladenov said on Monday on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
If Michael were a different person, he might have kept walking or pretended he hadn’t heard, but he couldn’t—of course he couldn’t—because everyone always heard Beejee.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
