pretended
Example Sentences
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Rand pretended to be me and I pretended to be Rand,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then she grabbed her Bible, pretended to flip through it and said, “Let me just check. Yes!”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
It’s been widely reported that in the ’80s and ’90s, Trump sometimes pretended to be his own publicist, John Barron, when talking to reporters.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
After the 2025 fires in southern California even pols like Mr. Newsom at least pretended to acknowledge the need to manage the Golden State’s landscape aggressively to reduce fire risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
He put his hands on the steering wheel and pretended to drive.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
