make believe
Example Sentences
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Villarreal: Before we get into the film, I know you and Dakota spent a lot of time in your younger years playing make-believe.
From Los Angeles Times
We don’t need any make-believe substances to catch his drift, particularly his belief that, even if music may not change the world, at least it can provide some much-needed comfort from it.
From Los Angeles Times
Even younger infants show early signs of understanding make-believe.
From Science Daily
“I think they want to believe in the Spirit of the Sea more than any of the other weird make-believe things they’ve been chasing.”
From Literature
By the time her mom calls her down for dinner, Rita finds that she’s really quite busy with her make-believe adventures—an unexpected ending to a not-so-boring day.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
