Term Gallery logo

Meanings of mere pretext in anglès

We have no meanings for "mere pretext" in our records yet.
Usage of mere pretext in anglès
1
The conversation had languished to a mere pretext when Blake was announced.
Out of the Primitive
2
The R. Catholic Emancipation is a mere pretext of ambitious and discontented men.
The Prose Works of William Wordsworth / For the First Time Colle...
3
The Wells are a mere pretext for gaming, intriguing, and fortune-hunting.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
4
They constituted, as we now know, only a part of the mere pretext.
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 3
5
He explains what his project was and states his motive-itis a mere pretext.
The French Revolution - Volume 1
6
Have I not a right to look upon your argument as a mere pretext?
Sophisms of the Protectionists
7
The election of Mr. Lincoln is a mere pretext.
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 3
8
The election of Lincoln is a mere pretext.
The American Union Speaker
9
The public good, which to others is a mere pretext, is a real motive for him.
Emile
10
The Tariff, it is now known, was a mere pretext-itsburden was on your coarse woolens.
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 3
11
Slavery was a side issue, a mere pretext.
The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
12
But still more odd was his sudden departure this evening on what looked like a mere pretext.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
13
England and France considered the Czar's championship of the Christians as a mere pretext for occupying Turkish territory.
The Leading Facts of English History
14
The Queen received the jeweller in private, and her greeting proved that the paste buckles were a mere pretext.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
15
Were not these last a mere pretext invented by one sect to conceal their evil designs against the other?
Which? Or, Between Two Women
16
The spinning wheel is a mere pretext, chosen from the point of view of rhythm and the general atmosphere of the piece.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
This collocation consists of:
Mere pretext across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common