pretend

Example Sentences

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"This is so weird, we just pretended to do this and now it's happening," he said when picking up the trophy for best TV comedy actor.

From BBC

French, who plays 'widow' Debbie Fendon, said: "This is a sitcom about a very strange little oddball family who commit a massive fraud but pretend that it's no big deal."

From BBC

If you drove to the street, you could almost pretend everything was the same as before.

From Los Angeles Times

But while Amanda's game plan slipped under the radar, the traitors have shared their suspicions that Fiona may be the secret traitor and "pretending to be a bit less perceptive than she actually is".

From BBC

Those changes include trying to deal with the cheaters and "bots" - machines pretending to be players to level up characters without effort - and doing something almost unthinkable in modern games.

From BBC