Sentence examples similar to become a pretense from inspiring English sources

This line of thinking became a "pretense for paternalist and imperialist ambitions," Gregory says.

cycles and four failed pregnancies, stretched out over five years, actual hope becomes a mawkish pretense.

Veritas, now without tablecloths or pretense, has become a sophisticated, enjoyable restaurant.

Don't become a truth machine in a relationship that has a foundation of pretense without warning.

Mention the word "tax" in Congress and both parties become a party of "no". But the resolution was presented under false pretenses.

As the anti-choice movement shrugs off its pretense of Christian nonviolence and paternalism, what was once terrorist violence has become a campaign promise.

It was a window into the true attitudes of what has become a party of the wealthy, by the wealthy, and for the wealthy, a party that considers the rest of us unworthy of even a pretense of respect.

Pretense and ambition are different words for the same thing, and a writing without pretense pretty soon becomes a literature without ambitions, content to congratulate itself on its own insularity.

2) Denial of limits easily becomes a normal pattern leading to a life permeated with pretense.

Pretense of balance is, however, vital to the way media sells itself and "Going Rouge" thus became a handy counterweight to its competitor.

Indeed, one of the reasons I became a book reviewer is because it gives me the opportunity to read a steady stream of hopelessly awful books under the pretense of work.