pretended

Example Sentences

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“Not only has he not come up with a plan, he has pretended we don’t need one,” said Patrick Murphy, a professor of public affairs at the University of San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Dubois, who once pretended to be a boy named Colin so she could be allowed to box, also received a warm reception as she entered to "I'm Every Woman" by Whitney Houston.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The vice president pretended to pivot from “a longer discussion” of the subject, but then he immediately started pontificating about the culture’s “desire” to classify “celestial beings who fly around “as aliens.”

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

It’s that it apparently knowingly produced fake results and falsely pretended they were real and accurate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

“There must be little here to interest you, then,” she said, and pretended to go back to reading about the Spanish Armada.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood