Sinônimos
Examples for "pretence"
Examples for "pretence"
1
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.
1
Opposition groups said the abrupt closure was a pretext to prevent protests.
2
In his province, Mirabeau was the cause or pretext for the troubles.
3
He would go to South Africa on the pretext of a conference.
4
Under the pretext of improving the law it can be easily emasculated.
5
He stopped the Countess to look at the pretext of this excursion.
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.
1
Few expect Oxegen to reappear in its current guise any time soon.
2
Vinge warned that these inexpensive chips may create a guise for government.
3
Expect these to start showing up in OEM guise early next year.
4
In this guise she shall judge and decide the question which follows:
5
But Hillgarth had already come across him in a very different guise.
6
He was the arch-priest of all sensationalism in the guise of logic.
7
The four lads were no longer dressed in the guise of farmers.
8
The proposal of the self-life came in very fascinating guise to him.
9
I visited North Korea last month in the guise of a tourist.
10
She was, in fact, a storm petrel in the guise of woman.
11
And she indeed it was, but in the guise of an esquire.
12
O'Toole and Misset rode beside the carriage in the guise of servants.
13
Under the guise of rifle clubs they keep themselves in excellent practice.
14
He had taken a dislike to alcohol even in its mildest guise.
15
He had worn the guise almost continually since possessing Grant Kavanagh's body.
16
To the pious it took on the alluring guise of a Crusade.
