pretended
Example Sentences
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They have crooned to covers of Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, danced in the style of K-pop stars and pretended to have beef with other boy bands—and Katy Perry, too.
Coal pretended to have made the team and went to every practice, but instead he took his sketch pad out and started drawing on the side of the field.
From Literature
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And in 647 incidents, people pretended to be the registered candidate for a practical test.
From BBC
But Imogene pretended not to hear her and just went on collecting money.
From Literature
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"It was clear that the global order wasn't working, even if we pretended it was."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.