Sentence examples for able to pretend that from inspiring English sources
"He's been able to pretend that things are going well, and this shows that they are not.
For a long time, we were able to pretend that whatever 'this' was, was just some small, local phenomenon that was happening "over there" to "somebody else".
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.
Ceasefire and Camp David followed, with Israel ceding Sinai back, and the Egyptians were able to pretend that they had won the war and overturned decades of Arab humiliation.
So when Wagner (8-3) fAir ForceFonce on Thursday night in Santa Clara, Calif., the Seahawks will not be able to pretend that they are simply a harmless midmajor team anymore.
But it is not appropriate to pretend that well-established scientific concepts are controversial.
But it won't be able to pretend for long that these problems won't ultimately affect the United States.
I'm jealous of the babysitter.'" Deliberately avoiding versions of their TV incarnations, Fey says her and Carell's Date Night husband and wife have little in common with their small-screen personas: "But maybe there will be some satisfaction if people like those two shows where they might be able to pretend in their minds that Michael Scott [Carell's Office character] and Lemon are finding love.
Making matters more complicated are a pair of controversies that have come attached to Vander Plaats' blessing: a report that he bestowed his approval on Santorum in exchange for a monetary supplement, and another report that he'd urged Michele Bachmann (who we're no longer able to pretend is anything more that a 2012 footnote) to quit the race.
