put on an act

Example Sentences

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But Clifford also knows that every country singer has to put on an act, and Lil is working one, too.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

I feel like I can’t put on an act of loving support anymore, although I know this is supposed to be one of the most important things a wife can do in this situation.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2020

“Help me to not put on an act of any kind,” I wrote.

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

You put on an act a little bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2015

He put on an act of stubborn resistance, but always yielded in the end.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey