Sentence examples for It pretends from inspiring English sources

It pretends to care, but barely, and its desultory efforts at displaying this (witness the mauve gown) only intensify the mood of alienation.

It pretends to be something that it is not; its appearance is misleading.

It pretends to be distracted by an e-mail on its cell phone.

It pretends that it cannot buy happiness but does just that.

It pretends to a significant role in the affairs of the world.

It pretends the ideology of work might still be tamed by individual willpower.

It pretends to be asking for information, but it conceals a reproach.

It pretends to be about mutual respect, specifically that between the settlers and the indigenous people of North America.

It "pretends to be woman-centered erotica," but it's really "a bildungsroman for how Christian becomes a better man".

It pretends to a political hegemony it no longer possesses and has no currently credible strategy for acquiring.

"It pretends to be a sober German industrial product," he said, "but in fact, it's not at all.