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Sentence count:118+7Posted:2016-12-22Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: coverexcusepretenseshamSimilar words: pretendingpretentiouspretentiousnesstexttexturecontexttextbookconcreteMeaning: ['prɪːtekst]  n. 1. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason 2. an artful or simulated semblance. 
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(61) Within moments, Alison had found a pretext to excuse herself.
(62) And under what pretext, you may ask, is Gates being sued?
(63) She couldn't find a pretext to visit Derek at home.
(64) Opposition leaders are afraid to give Milosevic the pretext to use more brutality and proclaim martial law or something along those lines.
(65) My comments on his work were valuable only as an irritating pretext which permitted him to lecture me on Art.
(66) He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.
(67) He cheated me under the pretext of friendship.
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(68) He stayed away on the pretext of ill health.
(69) The pretext was weak, even fishy.
(70) John left early under the pretext of illness.
(71) Friends, is only a pretext for self-inflicted and consolation.
(72) We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.
(73) MY FANFAN: GF Designer Dietitian Massagist Chef Matron Driver Bodyguard Sculpt-adviser Seniornurse Barber Herbalist-doctor King of pretext at YOUANMEN......
(74) He absented himself from the meeting on the pretext of illness.
(75) Under the pretext of travelling on business, ( some cadres ) go holidaying and waste public money.
(76) This allows to find a pretext for the US-British coalition.
(77) They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
(78) The boss sent little Jack away on some pretext or other.
(79) She said the story of their own to maintain the integrity of six months after the work has finally found a boss later learned that she had drug absorption , to find a pretext for the dismissal of her.
(80) Has anyone else ever found a better pretext for a sloppy snog?
(81) I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other.
(82) It was obvious that he was pleased with his own display of anger, and that, walking through the regiment, he was trying to find a pretext for wrath.
(83) The little boy tried very hard to find a pretext for not doing his homework.
(84) He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset.
(85) He used his sore throat as a pretext for not going to shool.
(86) In most cases we were refused on some pretext or other, while we ourselves turned down a few places as unsuitable.
(87) Stuart Chase and others have come near to claiming that all abstract words are meaningless, and have used this as a pretext for advocating a kind of political quietism.
(88) The US Government persecuted him under the pretext of various unwarranted " charges.
(89) It was her pleasure her vanity to drag in these names on every pretext.
(90) Some women furtively stash away their husband's money over the years on the pretext that it would be of some assistance if he has to die first.
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