PRETENDED in a Sentence
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242 example sentences for PRETENDED, such as:
1. All my life, I've only been pretending.
2. He pretended sleep when his mother called him.
3. Stop pretending that the problem doesn't exist.
4. We can't go on pretending that everything is OK.
5. She pretended that she was going to the Rockies.
2. He pretended sleep when his mother called him.
3. Stop pretending that the problem doesn't exist.
4. We can't go on pretending that everything is OK.
5. She pretended that she was going to the Rockies.
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Meanings and Examples of PRETENDED
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pretended
a. adopted in order to deceive
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 So she pretended she had not heard Uncle Peter's suggestion.
2 She had to know if he even pretended to love her.
3 Evidently he had forgotten the contretemps, or pretended to have forgotten it, for he settled himself on the top step at her feet without mention of their late difference.
4 Suellen, sullen and tearful, pretended to faint too, but came back to consciousness spitting like an angry cat when Scarlett poured a gourdful of water in her face.
5 But they lied cheerfully just the same and the ladies pretended to believe them.
6 So she swallowed her wrath with poor grace and pretended indifference.
7 After a miserable while, Scarlett's pretended indifference gave way to the real thing.
8 They pretended to great delicacy, modesty and innocence.
9 He pretended that his hand was the cat and hers the mouse.
10 She pretended that he cheated her in the price of magazines and candy; he pretended she was a detective from the Twin Cities.
11 She was certain that Bresnahan saw through her when she pretended not to hear Kennicott's invitation to join a game of cribbage.
12 It ended, a quarter of an hour later, in his calling her a "neurotic" before he turned away and pretended to sleep.
13 She pretended that she was going to the Rockies.
14 He heard the swing-couch creak as she sat up abruptly, peered, then leaned back and pretended to relax.
15 The players pretended to be exhilarated by practising service, but they startled at each dust-cloud from a motor car.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 He pretended profundity by eye - beamings at people.
2 He pretended not to know her but in fact they were in league together.
3 There is more danger from a pretended friend than from an enemy.
4 The police divested the pretended officer of his stolen uniform.
5 He pretended sleep when his mother called him.
6 He has pretended to too many women and I hate this sort of man.
7 He pretended that resigning was part of his long - term career strategy.
8 She says she only pretended to kidnap the children and never wanted to get money from them.
9 Though he pretended their encounter was fortuitous, he'd actually been hanging around her usual haunts for the past two weeks, hoping she'd turn up.
10 They show a pretended interest in the proceedings, we know it isn't true from beginning.
11 All my life, I've only been pretending.
12 The candidate tried to run away from controversial issues by pretending to be ill.
13 Stop pretending that the problem doesn't exist.
14 She deceived me by pretending to be a famous movie star.
15 We can't go on pretending that everything is OK.