Catalan
fingiment Spanish
apariencia The act of giving a false appearance.
Synonyms
Examples for "pretending"
Examples for "pretending"
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Perhaps she thought that I was simply 'pretending' to be her friend.
2
Not doing a good job of pretending to have a good time.
3
There was no point in pretending; Grenville could see right through you.
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To me that means either you're falsely accused or good at pretending.
5
Daughter: You know - jumping in the sandbox and pretending it's water.
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The flat means society life; that is, the pretence of social life.
2
Last year, Dr Schram was charged with obtaining employment through false pretence.
3
The same defiant note; but there was anxiety behind the cold pretence.
4
And now the Seneschal took refuge in a fine pretence of indignation.
5
There was a pretence of ordinary breakfast; the little servant necessitated that.
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The simulation results suggest an increase in power for the proposed method.
2
We present simulation studies and an application to a real data set.
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The power of this method was established by Monte Carlo data simulation.
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A simulation using a layer model yields very good agreement with experiment.
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Results: One hundred fifteen subjects completed simulation sessions during the study period.
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Now having heard his call, feigning ignorance is no longer an option.
2
The new IATSE president took the stage, feigning astonishment at his fortune.
3
We wanted to check up on you, Emma said, still feigning innocence.
4
These were two of her strengths: changing the subject and feigning ignorance.
5
In the darkness of the alley George said to Marguerite, feigning irritation:
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That's early Settlement Years use, or just hyper-educated, kanji-scribbling, First Families pretension.
2
She is particularly good at nailing the exorbitant pretension of their décor.
3
One recent story nicely summed up his zip and lack of pretension.
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He has remained an unrepentant redneck, and Hustler promotes pornography without pretension.
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Thus was the pretension of State Rights made the apology for imbecility.
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How can other countries get involved with dissembling the central African militia?
2
All her efforts were now directed to the dissembling her internal conflict.
3
I would have noted the suggestive, dissembling, observing unconcern of her companion.
4
He felt, as a painful burden, the obligation of dissembling towards them.
5
Again she shrewdly caught his cunning speech, and passed on, dissembling wholly.
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The house bought on make-believe; the house that a penny dreadful built.
2
But he thought it was all make-believe, just a young girl's imagination.
3
Her make-believe portraits of spam mail senders a case of the latter.
4
Children, who love to play make-believe, have a natural inclination toward theatre.
5
The fun, make-believe stories they shared still resonate with us decades later.
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Her pretense allowed her to discover a great deal about her surroundings.
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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.
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One of the worst offenses against humanity is the pretense of divinity.
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Once the pretense is adopted, I shall have to keep it up.
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The professor made a pretense of examining the front door rather carefully.
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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.
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Thenceforth he pursued his natural course without pretense of let or hindrance.
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Without it all the claim of economy would be a mere pretense.
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Bailey nodded and turned back to his pretense of mending the fire.
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The oldest natives make no pretense of being possessed of its history.
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After a while even the pretense of meals for us was dropped.
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It may be simply a pretense, an effort to delude the police.
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He maintains that their zeal is mere pretense to deceive the Galatians.
