playacting

Example Sentences

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Can the two tell the difference between playacting and following their hearts?

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

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 Collette’s playacting of such a role becomes a source of tension throughout the book.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

After sharing the idea with a colleague named Whit Alexander, the two expanded the game, adding mini-competitions that involved charades-like playacting, sculpting shapes from clay and humming popular songs.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

I can’t believe we have to keep playacting until I graduate.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson