made believe

She slipped into her bedroom and made believe she was sleeping.

Doctor Payne held his hands up to his mouth like a megaphone and made believe he was yelling over a great distance.

We made believe we didn’t care that we learned differently, but we knew we did.

“Francie, another thing: Would you mind if I sort of made believe that you were my best girl—just for this evening?”

We made believe we weren’t going anywhere, so we had to go to the cemetery to have a beer with them.