Sentence examples for as if done from inspiring English sources

"as if done" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is usually used as a comparison, to suggest a similarity between two situations or qualities. For example, "The sky was painted in beautiful colors, as if done by a master artist."

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Ford once favored the look of repeated short brush strokes, as if done by a nervous calligrapher warming up.

This means not all of the videos are perfect — scrolling through the main feed shows videos on all ends of the spectrum — some are great and look as if done in front of a "real" green screen, while in other videos the effect barely works.

Everything looks frenzied and noisy, as if done to the sound of alarms.

Each image is spare, even delicate, but looks scratchily propulsive, as if done in a white heat.

An occasional fixed point of global decision – the dramatic last-minute signing of the Paris climate change deal – briefly flashes up on the political grid, but once over, it falls back as if done and dusted.

Pictures are scraped back (Monet reported) to look as if done at the first attempt, or heaped with little still lifes – lemon peel unspooling, a sword lying rigid on the floor.

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It is just as effective, if done correctly.

As if? Did they even say that in 1916?

(As if! Does baseball predate television?) Mr. Gockley shrugs.

They would snake the cable through the bloodstream to the brain, as if doing an angiogram.

As if doing so was an acceptable excuse for dissing the region's transit riders.

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