make-believe

Example Sentences

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Bitcoin might be make believe, but it’s also the center of speculative activity in financial markets.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

“And just make believe and playing. And then on a personal level, I think I learned how to be myself … that everyone would accept me for who I was.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023

It is a sensation without parallel in the world of make believe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

From a young age he wanted to dress up and make up and make believe, including as a mermaid, and wondered if he was a girl.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022

Dad would think it was Mother grabbing his arm and whispering to him, and he’d make believe he didn’t hear her.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey