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Jean clung to his English nurse, who played the fascinating game of pretending to eat his hand.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEBonaparte invaded Venice pretending that the Venetians had illtreated the French.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLIt signified that he had definitely given up pretending that he had the power of shaking off the obsession.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSHe came from behind the counter, pretending to believe her, and started toward the door.
A FOREST HEARTH: A ROMANCE OF INDIANA IN THE THIRTIESCHARLES MAJORInside the house a fat, awkward man was struggling, or pretending to struggle, into his coat.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERIn this way, the Captain, by pretending to admit the ideas of this ignorant Indian, had led him quietly to abandon them.
THE BORDER RIFLESGUSTAVE AIMARDWhile pretending to discuss music with Mrs. Warfield, Clifford watched the pair furtively.
A FORTUNE HUNTER; OR, THE OLD STONE CORRALJOHN DUNLOE CARTERETI threw myself back in the carriage, pretending to sleep; but covered my face and wept.
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOUp came the Essex, pretending to be a merchant ship and with the British flag flying.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSSo did Kitty Windus, merely pretending that the thing had been for long a secret understanding.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONSWORDS RELATED TO PRETENDING
- assuming
- characterization
- depiction
- dramatics
- enacting
- enactment
- feigning
- hamming
- histrionics
- imitating
- imitation
- impersonation
- improvisation
- mime
- mimicry
- pantomime
- performance
- play acting
- playing
- portrayal
- portraying
- posing
- posturing
- pretending
- pretense
- putting
- rendition
- seeming
- showing off
- stagecraft
- stooging
- theatre
- theatricals
- academic
- assumptive
- casual
- concocted
- conditional
- conjecturable
- conjectural
- contestable
- contingent
- debatable
- disputable
- doubtful
- equivocal
- imaginary
- imagined
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- postulated
- presumptive
- pretending
- problematic
- provisory
- putative
- questionable
- refutable
- speculative
- stochastic
- supposed
- suppositional
- suppositious
- suspect
- theoretic
- theoretical
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- vague
- affectation
- array
- boast
- boasting
- brag
- braggadocio
- bragging
- bravado
- demonstration
- display
- exhibition
- false front
- flamboyance
- flash
- flaunting
- flourish
- fuss
- garishness
- grandstand play
- magnificence
- pageant
- pageantry
- parade
- parading
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretending
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- put-on
- shine
- show
- showiness
- showing off
- showoff
- spectacle
- splendor
- splurge
- swagger
- swaggering
- swank
- vainglory
- vaunt
- vaunting
- window-dressing
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