Sentence examples for able to pretend from inspiring English sources

It's gratifying to be able to pretend for a short time".

"He's been able to pretend that things are going well, and this shows that they are not.

Kevin picks it up quickly, thinking that they may be able to pretend nothing happened at all.

It was impossible to perform the experiment on people actually suffering from hysterical paralysis, since they would not be able to pretend they were malingering.

Political pundits may be able to pretend that they are angry every week, but most people get really fired up about only a few things.

By doing that, it was able to pretend that the shares it had agreed to buy were still outstanding, and to keep its capital ratios up.

Not a burly guy who looks enough like him that if he slapped on a wig and got shot at the right angles, we would be able to plausibly pretend it was Cruise.

That was a thing I'd been able to play pretend with for years.

I think my imagination just got really tripped up, when a gun went to my head I stopped being able to differentiate pretend from reality, so that was weird.

Others say he'll never again be able to even pretend to be a power player in conservative circles and still others, thoughtful conservatives, say he's never been much more than a Jester anyway.

I don't pretend to be able to make an impact on skateboarding.