as if

Example Sentences

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It’s as if someone flipped a switch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Olympic skiers explain why many of them engage in a pre-race routine that includes visualizing the course in their mind as if they were skiing it in real time.

From Los Angeles Times

Bryan says the TV personality makes the viewer feel as if they're "around her house for dinner".

From BBC

The crooner Rudy Vallee embraced the microphone as an instrument that enabled listeners to hear him as if he were singing directly into their ears.

From The Wall Street Journal

Knight has tried long track speed skates, Bowe said, but the length, which ranges from 16 to 19 inches, made her feel as if she would cut her ankles with the razor-sharp blades.

From Los Angeles Times