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Sentence count:187+23Posted:2017-03-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: assumedfalsefictitiousfictiveput onshamSimilar words: pretendpretendingextendedpretensepretencepretentiousapprehendedextended familyMeaning: [prɪ'tendɪd]  adj. adopted in order to deceive. 
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91. We pretended to fly to distant planets in futuristic spaceships.
92. I kept my head down and pretended to be consuming the scraps left on my dish.
93. Maybe Henry would realize she was not as nice as she pretended to be.
94. For that one Blue pretended to be a bookie and lured Redman into placing a bet with him.
95. He lay on the sofa and pretended to go to sleep.
96. And when I pretended to be a horse I got so excited I bumped into this litter bin and fell over.
97. The trader pretended to shuffle through some complicated-looking sheets, to punch a few numbers into his Quotron machine.
98. She pretended a greater surprise than she felt that the leader of those upon the bridle path was Lord Wyatt.
99. It was a long speech, too, by a politician who never pretended that speech-making was one of his top assets.
100. I pretended unconcern and slowly made my way towards some huts where previously I had been welcomed.
101. But not all pretended deeds have to fall short of their normal function in order to accomplish their communicative purpose.
102. Jack held back his tears and pretended not to be disappointed.
103. He pretended to be sick as a trick to get her to visit him.
104. He pretended to show how an uneducated slave boy could be led to prove Pythagoras' theorem for doubling the square.
105. He went behind the settee and pretended to go to sleep.
106. He pointed an imaginary gun at me and pretended to shoot.
107. She blew out through her lips and pretended to fan herself.
108. She looked from one to the other,[http://sentencedict.com/pretended.html] saw comradeship in the pretended reluctance of shared smiles.
109. He ran ahead quickly, jumped into bed, and pretended to be asleep as the princesses returned to their room.
110. I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner.
111. For the rest, the bailiff pretended to consult him, then did as he thought best.
112. She pretended to keep appointments and went to the wine shop instead.
113. Bill closed his eyes, and pretended that the war was over and that he was safe at home.
114. She called after him but he kept on walking and pretended not to hear.
115. Jake pointed the gun at them and pretended to shoot.
116. Was he perhaps not quite as indifferent to her as he had pretended after all?
117. All his waking life he pretended not to hear other voices.
118. They dropped their eyes and pretended not to notice him.
119. When Frank slipped into bed next to me, I pretended to be asleep.
120. One pilot pretended to be Amelia Earhart while another pretended to be Charles Lindbergh.
More similar words: pretendpretendingextendedpretensepretencepretentiousapprehendedextended familypretentiousnessendedoffendedpretextretentiondescendedsuspendedtendertendencytenderlycontenderlegal tendersuperintendentsuspended animationinterpreterindependentindependencebe independent ofindependent agencyretardedlandeddeclaration of independence
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