act as though

Example Sentences

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In patients that go on to develop CRS, Tewari explains that while there is "no bacteria, per se," the neutrophils are confused and act as though there's an invader.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

This required the family to move several times and his children act as though they were forced to live in a third-world country.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2024

"An atom can in some respects act as though it were simultaneously in multiple locations."

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

“I can’t understand how the school system seems to think that we ought to act as though we are the parent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

“But one does not parade the fact that one is All-Knowing. I frequently act as though 1 am not possessed of the Inner Eye, so as not to make others nervous.”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling