pretend

Example Sentences

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His trial judge later said he had added to the families' grief by pretending to help and offering words of sympathy to Holly's father.

From BBC

In 2018, Epstein himself visited the property before Shuliak made final bids on the property while pretending to be acting on behalf of Leon Black, a billionaire investor friend of Epstein.

From BBC

She wrote a false letter to the New York court, pretending to be Ferdie and Henry’s British relative, “Uncle Edward.”

From Literature

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.

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