pretend

Example Sentences

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Then there's the female fighter who had to pretend to be a boy because she wasn't allowed to fight as a girl - Caroline Dubois seems to have done that, and Katie Taylor most definitely did.

From BBC

Keisha is the only character on stage who doesn’t understand why these strangers are pretending to be family members.

From Los Angeles Times

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

"At this stage, it's just unhelpful to pretend there is still some kind of comprehensive system in place."

From BBC

Over a fingerpicked progression, he begins with “To pretend that everything will be just fine / That any wicked problem will dissolve over time.”

From The Wall Street Journal