Sentence examples for had not pretended from inspiring English sources

"If I had not pretended, I would have been sent to Siberia," he said.

On the other hand, she hadn't pretended to be heterosexual.

They hadn't tried to participate in "street talk". They hadn't pretended to know "the code". They weren't living life in the same way he did, but they did care and that was what counted most.

He has not pretended to go shooting, or driven on to Jay Leno's show on Harley.

He reads Presidential biographies, consumes them the way he used to consume French fries; since his reëlection, he has not pretended to be above worrying about the judgment of historians.

North Korea has not bothered pretending.

But since she replaced Melora Walters in the Broadway production of Stephen Belber's "Match," she hasn't been pretending.

And we still haven't stopped pretending shit doesn't matter.

If you haven't been, pretend you're just really tired.

"We didn't pretend we hadn't done anything.

I pretended I hadn't heard him.