Sentence examples for acted charade from inspiring English sources

The phrase "acted charade" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to imply a performance or pretense, but the combination of words does not work well together.
Example: "The entire event felt like an acted charade, lacking any genuine emotion or authenticity."
Alternatives: "performed pretense" or "staged facade".

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The most popular form of this amusement is the acted charade, in which the different syllables are acted out.

A brilliant description of the acted charade is given in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair (1848).

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With conductor Richard Armstrong, McDonald emphasises the piece's dark undertow, but even they can't make much of the final-act charade, a play on The Tempest created by the creepily smug analyst Mangus (Peter Savidge) for use as a piece of primal therapy.

Playing on the colonel's confusion, Polk gamely acted out the charade.

It was little more than a charade acted out at the expense of those who trusted and believed in him.

There is a yawning gap in fashion between the reality most women face getting dressed – trying to find clothes which flatter their bodies, accentuate their favourite bits, skim over other bits – and the charade acted out by most designers in which everyone is 5ft 10in and slender and can wear anything.

He commissioned a life-size replica of her from a doll maker; when it was completed, he acted out private charades with it and took it around in public, until eventually it was decapitated and doused with wine at a party he gave for his friends.

He then acted out an "elaborate" charade with the child's mother to cover up the murder, jurors heard at the opening the trial at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.

He'd first met David Dein at a dinner party in 1989 where Wenger's charm, ability at charades (he acted out A Midsummer Night's Dream) and his – yes really – exceptional dancing skills marked him out as a rare bird.

The charade continued and I acted perhaps a little too surprised to see the food.

It's a shame there are no films or books with the word Towel or Drying in their title, because they would be very easy to act out in charades.

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