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Meanings of make a pretense in English

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Usage of make a pretense in English
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The Raines people make a pretense that the high license fee promotes temperance.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very p...
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But you must come down and make a pretense of eating.
Quin
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I make a pretense of sorting through the rest.
The life you've imagined
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He didn't blink anymore, for example, and didn't make a pretense of breathing in before speaking.
Arcanum Unbounded
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Nels didn't get it-didn'teven make a pretense.
Son of Power
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He began to make a pretense of searching for his ticket, when the policeman boarded the carriage.
Paths of glory
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Claire forced herself to make a pretense of eating, although her appetite had long since deserted her.
The Blood Red Dawn
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The Tory provincial assemblies were unable to get men enough together to make a pretense of doing business.
In the Days of Poor Richard
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He knew how she had got the hat and dress, but he expected her to make a pretense.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
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But one must make a pretense.
The Yellow Crayon
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He was way past the point of resisting, but at least he could make a pretense of a valiant struggle.
Wrangling the redhead
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Do not make a pretense of gentility, nor parade the fact that you are a descendant of any notable family.
Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
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While they make a pretense of vaunting their Master, they consider it fine to have extraordinary views of their own.
The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetica...
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Periodically the Government would make a pretense of subjecting them to an inquiry, but in no serious sense were they interfered with.
Great Fortunes from Railroads
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He gets up and says he will first kill the pigs and then the owner, but his relatives make a pretense at restraining him.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
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Devotees of false ideals clothe them too often with the tinsel of fond illusion, under which guise they make a pretense of worshiping them.
Poise: How to Attain It
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