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Meanings of pretense in English
Catalan
fingiment Spanish
apariencia The act of giving a false appearance.
Usage of pretense in English
1
Her pretense allowed her to discover a great deal about her surroundings.
2
If we are to continue the pretense, we need to be authentic.
3
I haven't come into your house with the pretense of any demand.
4
One of the worst offenses against humanity is the pretense of divinity.
5
Once the pretense is adopted, I shall have to keep it up.
6
The professor made a pretense of examining the front door rather carefully.
7
The high thinking and talking, the idealistic aspiration were pose and pretense.
8
The pretense to virtue is the one vice that is not forgiven.
9
Mr. Gladstone never hesitated or made the slightest pretense about the matter.
10
Thenceforth he pursued his natural course without pretense of let or hindrance.
11
Without it all the claim of economy would be a mere pretense.
12
Bailey nodded and turned back to his pretense of mending the fire.
13
The oldest natives make no pretense of being possessed of its history.
14
After a while even the pretense of meals for us was dropped.
15
It may be simply a pretense, an effort to delude the police.
16
He maintains that their zeal is mere pretense to deceive the Galatians.
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Pretense through the time
Pretense across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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