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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as though someone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or feeling that seems to be influenced by the actions or presence of another person.
Example: "She looked at me as though someone had just told her a terrible secret."
Alternatives: "as if someone" or "like someone".
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They're being cooked as though someone cared about them.
It seemed as though someone had disinvented music -- such silence.
I feel now as though someone else wrote it.
It seems as though someone wants him to notice something.
He continued to speak as though someone had died.
It's as though someone has slapped me upside the head.
It looked as though someone had bought out the entire contents of a Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue.
He subsided as though someone had unscrewed the valve that kept his body inflated and upright.
Bodies ranged like ugly cartoons, as though someone without talent were scribbling in flesh.
The transplant was massively swollen: it looked as though someone had pumped it full of air.
My face felt as though someone had rubbed it with a belt sander.
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