play-act
Example Sentences
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No, the preferred way to play-act "normal American man" is to be a massive jerk.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025
Several times, the kids play-act the old cartoonish “Tom Sawyer” game—in which the rascal tricks his buddies into doing his fence-painting chore—and the reference is apt.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2018
This seems a natural fate for the Morries of this world, men who play-act the tough guy and get in over their heads.
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2018
They play-act traumatic scenarios, like getting a shot at the doctor’s office, in preparation for handling stressful situations in real life.
From The Verge • Dec. 22, 2017
It had been helpful and even laudable to play-act the chief scenes when the story was beginning, but now they had no time.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
