as if

Example Sentences

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The girl, now 16, said it "almost made it seem as if what the boys did was not OK, but it was OK in the eyes of the law because they were still children".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Why wait months to release a report that looks as if it were whipped up by a high school freshman an hour before deadline?

From Slate • May 23, 2026

But the scares were middling to begin with because Øvredal — a game but overeager trickster — telegraphs his set pieces as if he were equipped with a flare gun and detour cones.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

So in relative terms, it looks as if the employment prospects for young college grads versus other young people have worsened significantly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

She nodded as if it made sense and slid some purple and dark blue beads onto her needle.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith