pretended

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

"It was clear that the global order wasn't working, even if we pretended it was."

From Barron's