playacting

Example Sentences

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Between 2018 and 2021, McIndoe, now 25, went from state to state, playacting the role of radicalized cult leader pushing an absurd conspiracy theory—that, as he put it, “birds aren’t real.”

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2024

And after she introduced “Teenage Dream” with her tale of turning 21, giant video screens flickered to life with clips of a kindergarten-age Rodrigo playacting the showbiz finesse to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

What we need is a stable raft, not messy playacting.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2023

When I asked friends if they talk to themselves, one described free-associating and playacting to prepare for high-stakes meetings.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

Rowan had heard Jiller say that when they all were children, she had decided that Allun's joking and playacting formed an armor stronger than Val's and Ellis's iron muscles or Bronden's bad temper.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda