Sentence examples for first pretends to from inspiring English sources

(The rebooted Mayor, unlike his 1984 predecessor, never doubts that the ghosts are real or that the Ghostbusters are doing important work, although he at first pretends to reject them for political reasons).

Having at first pretended to be on Gandalf's side, Saruman joins the forces of evil.

Harrison, an Oxford graduate, volunteered for the stunts, first "pretending" to fall down a crevasse in a glacier, then later to fall again, this time during a climb.

Shaneisha Turman, also a 15-year-old freshman, told The Tribune that people inside the silver truck had first pretended to fire a gun and then really started shooting.

When he was captured, Mr. Daqduq at first pretended to be deaf and unable to speak, a pose that American officials believe was intended to keep his accent from betraying his Lebanese origins.

At home he remembers playing "Opera House", a game in which he would first pretend to be the conductor taking a rehearsal, "and then I would change into my imaginary tails and I would conduct the performance.

He had to fake it at first; pretending to know more than he did.

Two impossible and ridiculous acts of sustained attention: the first earnest, the second (pretending to be?) cynical.

So, I waited until the last second, pretended to my wife I was going running and called her mom on my cell phone.

After a few seconds pretend to smile or laugh at something some "texted" you.

First, Woglinde pretends to respond to the dwarf's advances but swims away as he tries to embrace her.