Sentence examples for beyond the pretense from inspiring English sources

I didn't want to be held responsible for mass suicides, but I did want to move beyond the pretense of academia and the rhetoric of daily news reportage.

Beyond that, the pretense that the question at hand was religious liberty, not contraception or sex, didn't get much support.

In short, the G.O.P. would have to move beyond Reaganomics, ditching the pretense that tax cuts and an untethered free market will produce enduring prosperity for ordinary Americans.

Beyond its criminality, lying to Congress destroys the pretense of oversight.

Throughout much of the 20th century, however, some elected presidents—under the pretense of emergency continued in office beyond their constitutional terms.

In a heated dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia took issue with the majority's willingness to look beyond literal meaning, arguing that the decision "rewrites" the law "under the pretense of interpreting it".

Later, the pretense was dropped.

Only the pretense was never complete.

Forget the pretense and get over yourself.

Gerta knew the pretense was weak.

Now they have dropped the pretense.