Sentence examples for being able to pretend from inspiring English sources

But The Girls is not as much about friends as bad influences; it is about a surrender to the enablement of transgressive behaviour, while simultaneously being able to pretend that it is at a distance.

The joy he felt on seeing how similar they appeared has become a curse and he is left by the end of the book with a self that is good for nothing more than being able to pretend that he is the famous poet.

He benefits from being able to pretend to own the Nets in some pretty obvious ways.

It's gratifying to be able to pretend for a short time".

"He's been able to pretend that things are going well, and this shows that they are not.

Kevin picks it up quickly, thinking that they may be able to pretend nothing happened at all.

It was impossible to perform the experiment on people actually suffering from hysterical paralysis, since they would not be able to pretend they were malingering.

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.

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.

"My father is able to pretend not to like a picture as much as he does, in order to get a better price," David said one day.

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.