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Meanings of pretense in English

Catalan
fingiment
Spanish
apariencia

The act of giving a false appearance.

      fingiment
      Portuguese
      pretexto
      Catalan
      pretext
      Spanish
      apariencia

      An artful or simulated semblance.

            pretexto
            Usage of pretense in English
            1
            Her pretense allowed her to discover a great deal about her surroundings.
            Shadowlight
            2
            If we are to continue the pretense, we need to be authentic.
            Accidentally the sheikh's wife
            3
            I haven't come into your house with the pretense of any demand.
            Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
            4
            One of the worst offenses against humanity is the pretense of divinity.
            Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
            5
            Once the pretense is adopted, I shall have to keep it up.
            The lady elizabeth
            6
            The professor made a pretense of examining the front door rather carefully.
            The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
            7
            The high thinking and talking, the idealistic aspiration were pose and pretense.
            The Conflict
            8
            The pretense to virtue is the one vice that is not forgiven.
            California and the Californians
            9
            Mr. Gladstone never hesitated or made the slightest pretense about the matter.
            The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
            10
            Thenceforth he pursued his natural course without pretense of let or hindrance.
            Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
            11
            Without it all the claim of economy would be a mere pretense.
            State of the Union Addresses
            12
            Bailey nodded and turned back to his pretense of mending the fire.
            The Bat
            13
            The oldest natives make no pretense of being possessed of its history.
            Roughing It
            14
            After a while even the pretense of meals for us was dropped.
            Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
            15
            It may be simply a pretense, an effort to delude the police.
            The Substitute Prisoner
            16
            He maintains that their zeal is mere pretense to deceive the Galatians.
            Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
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