as though
Example Sentences
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“I had to appear as though I owned it — and I kind of did.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
But at 19 weeks and four days into her pregnancy, Hayley said she felt as though "something wasn't right".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The reader advances across Mr. McKay’s superb translation as though compelled by a fierce highland wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
He looked as though he’d just been about to hibernate, his body plump with food storage, and the chair groaned nervously beneath him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
