Sentence examples for function in the pretense of from inspiring English sources
Nowadays, people way too often buy into Euro-centrism and are ready to accept corporate branding initiatives, such as Facebook's flag function, in the pretense of possessing human compassion.
Having escaped the South's overt, violent racism, Easter must navigate a far more nuanced brand of intolerance, cloaked in the pretense of acceptance.
So long as we engage in the pretense of a story, however, there is no special need for it.
Meanwhile, Lisa tricks the babysitter Samantha (Scout Taylor-Compton) into letting her in under the pretense of being one of Sharon's friends.
— Karl Eugene Chamberlain went to his neighbor's apartment that night in Dallas under the pretense of borrowing sugar.
In this sense, the pretense of form -- that it is a serial -- is simply a pretense.
West called Taylor down to his recording studio in Hawaii under the pretense of checking out some pieces of clothing designed by Pierre Balmain.
In his 1974 Nobel Prize in Economics lecture titled "The Pretense of Knowledge" concerning larger economic issues, F.A. von Hayek stated "…[economists]…have… little cause for pride: as a profession [we] … made a mess of things" [93].
Throughout much of the 20th century, however, some elected presidents—under the pretense of emergency continued in office beyond their constitutional terms.
In this way, he creates the pretense of providing factual information.
