pretend

Example Sentences

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A bird fluttered down to a low branch and chirped as though he were saying something to Red, and I had the feeling she understood the bird, even though she pretended not to notice.

From Literature

Ward was actually James Dinnigan and Hines believes that he initially built rapport with her by pretending to be a Christian.

From BBC

"So if somebody says something, I can pretend I didn't hear it."

From BBC

To take his journey, Mr. Mian pretended to be not a journalist but a scholar writing a history of the Volga.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was overwhelming, and I think I just wanted to pretend that it wasn’t and that I was comfortable with it.

From Salon