Sentence examples for better pretended from inspiring English sources

Adults while knowing better pretended clarity they lacked and asserted platitudes they disbelieved, hoping to spare their children the pain of unrealizable dreams.

/ Though I'd better pretend / Not to recognise him.

What he said: "I am not a leader who wants to impose leadership lines all the time"  What he meant: I tried imposing my view on Trident, but Unite voted it down, so I had better pretend the new politics is all about open and listening leadership... until I can bring in new rules to give the supporters who voted for me the power over policy.

And if you are not, you'd better pretend to be.

If you want the other stuff when it's busy, pretend you're Ernest Hemmingway and go to a cocktail bar or, even better, pretend your Jonathan Safron Foer and visit a mixologist.

Only good for putting on the end of all ten of your fingers and either making a satisfying clack clack noise on the surface of a desk, or – better – pretending you are some sort of sovereign-ring wearing East End cabbie in a Ray Winstone movie about gangs.

Of course, he didn't mean for you to ignore that Victor Martinez is out for the year, or that Jordan Walden is now an experienced closer, but for players who have essentially the same roles (and as good or better health) as last season, you're almost better off pretending last year didn't happen.

Better to pretend their "adult" books didn't exist.

It's better off pretending to be news.

Is it better to pretend that it's really easy?

So they think it's better to pretend it never happened".