The act of giving a false appearance.
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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 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.
3 The power of this method was established by Monte Carlo data simulation .
4 A simulation using a layer model yields very good agreement with experiment.
5 Results: One hundred fifteen subjects completed simulation sessions during the study period.
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 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:
1 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.
4 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.
6 The unofficial mind passes by in dark wonder; not pretending to know.
7 Of course, there were greater benefits in only pretending to be crippled.
8 No point in pretending -another change cycle was passing him by.
9 But if you want to continue pretending otherwise, whatever works for you.
10 And the minute they come in your office you know they're pretending .
11 The ones where she was pretending they were having a good time.
12 Her pretending to have a good time looks like the real thing.
13 He came upon several children pretending to be authors & cheered up.
14 Rafe stares straight ahead, pretending he hasn't heard what you told him.
15 I know it's really Sweet, but I want to go on pretending .
16 They're twenty-five if they're a day, she said, pretending to look outraged.
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