Sentence examples for dropping the pretense from inspiring English sources

If Zuckerberg wants to regain the public's trust, he can start by dropping the pretense of neutrality.

For the most part, Shawcross stays in the background, lurking behind the arras, dropping the pretense of objectivity only when anyone on the left clamors for attention.

Some observers advocate dropping the pretense of relying on the Afghan government and returning U.S. forces to a combat role.

The media can ratchet down the hostility themselves, by accepting that said hostility is founded on a premise that is valid and by dropping the pretense that it's everybody else's fault.

Dave Riley of Anime News Network found that the characters had improved slightly over their previous appearances, saying "Dropping the pretense of stoic seriousness transmutes some of the sub-series's most insufferable elements into something marginally more tolerable, especially as it regards its main character".

Now they have dropped the pretense.

When the workday ended, she could punch the clock, drop the pretense and don the ornamentation.

Let's drop the pretense that he stands for a new type of politics".

Mitt Romney, who used to try to sound like a moderate on immigration, has dropped the pretense.

There is only so much we can read this way before we are overwhelmed by the desire to drop the pretense.

Let's drop the pretense, is the message, and serve up some down-home chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and chuck the tautog with celery root routine.