Sentence examples for form of pretense from inspiring English sources

First, hermeneutic fictionalists about ethical thought and talk argue that such thought and talk is to be understood as a form of pretense or fictional discourse (see Kalderon 2005 for discussion and defense).

It's all pretense — not the kind of pretense that brings us fake Georgian or fake Renaissance but the pretense that the hoopla is somehow connected to a meaningful architectural idea.

There is not a lot of pretense.

The lack of pretense is almost insulting.

But he was a great satirist of pretense and convention.

Hampson sang magnificently, with a welcome lack of pretense.

A place without a lot of pretense.

Add to this a sheen of pretense.

His lack of pretense is so complete that it is practically a pretense.

The lack of pretense was striking, some found.

"There's not a lot of pretense there.