pretended

Example Sentences

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A bird fluttered down to a low branch and chirped as though he were saying something to Red, and I had the feeling she understood the bird, even though she pretended not to notice.

From Literature

To take his journey, Mr. Mian pretended to be not a journalist but a scholar writing a history of the Volga.

From The Wall Street Journal

The really crazy thing is that anyone ever pretended you could.

From The Wall Street Journal

And she’s a little nutty, she’d probably trust anyone who pretended to believe her crazy theories.

From Literature

She pretended that she was her hero, because he wouldn’t mind that his computer and suitcase had washed overboard and were at the bottom of the ocean.

From Literature