Sentence examples for To pretend from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

To argue

To suggest

To imagine

To purport

To suppose

Dictionary

To pretend

verb

To claim, allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.

synonyms

Exact(59)

To pretend.

The Guardian - Books

To pretend that they are Christian.

The New York Times - Magazine

To pretend otherwise is plain hypocrisy.

TechCrunch

To pretend otherwise is naive.

Huffington Post

They didn't have to pretend.

Encyclopedia Britannica

It's naïve to pretend otherwise.

The New York Times

I don't want to pretend.

The New York Times - Arts

We like to pretend.

The Guardian

We got to pretend".

The New York Times - Health

It's stupid to pretend.

The Guardian - Music

He likes to pretend we're married.

Independent

More suggestions(13)

To say

To aspire

To contend

To simulate

To claim

To presume

To assert

To appeared

To allege

To assuming

To thinks

To imagines

To seemed

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