Sentence examples for a charade for from inspiring English sources
"It had just been a charade for TV.
Under threat of death, Cerreño and the others were forced to play out a charade for Delano.
The same committee that functioned largely as a charade for Mrs. Kennedy still operates today, to the White House's detriment.
"I believe the appointment of Jeremy Hunt is rather a charade for politics, rather than an actual change in politics".
But he meekly took a folded piece of paper from his pocket, a script he'd been working on to tell me the truth: he was still legally married and living in the same house with his wife, enacting (a skill that apparently spilled into other arenas of his life) a charade for their son — Dad's sleeping in another room because his snoring bothers Mom.
I think it was him doing a charade for something he does in the army, something I didn't want to know.
As an exercise in fiscal responsibility, it is a charade.For the armed forces and homeland defence come big proposed increases in spending, up by 7% and 10% respectively.
Mr. Hochman also said the mayor and his aides had "manipulated the numbers," "tried to get around the law," "bastardized" the rent-setting process and turned it into "a charade," Pausing for a breath, he added: "I hope I'm not mincing words".
Jordan Charney, an old hand with odd roles, gives Norton the dignity and charm one suspects the real man had to have to pull off such a grand charade for so many years, and just enough wary introspection to make anyone hesitant to call him crazy.
Through it all you wondered if maybe this wasn't such a mistake at all, if things hadn't changed somehow and minds had changed too; if it wasn't something of a charade, a pantomime for public consumption.
Even if the unfortunate Miller hadn't been on the way out the door, the hearing would have largely been a charade — an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to try and outdo each other in expressing their outrage at an institution that, even in normal times, is roundly loathed.
