Sentence examples for i pretended to read from inspiring English sources

I pretended to read my New Yorker but I couldn't concentrate.

If the mood struck me, I pretended to read The Wall Street Journal.

All through primary school I pretended to read by learning books off by heart.

I pretended to read, but from the kitchen I could hear gentle chopping and the suction of the refrigerator opening and then closing.

I scribbled in my notebook, pretending to copy notes from the chalkboard and flipped through pages of books I pretended to read during silent reading time.

I pretended to read my book under an umbrella while actually spying on the "senator" and his family behind my oversized sunglasses.

We're reading a moldy edition that I was given as a kid and that I probably pretended to read but never did.

I just pretended to read my magazine but my husband did his best to keep up his side of the conversation, quizzing him about what it was like to go to school with the future King of England.

But I don't think I've ever pretended to read a book that I haven't.

I read Beatrix Potter, pretended to read The Wind in the Willows, then closed my eyes for 10 years and opened them again to find I was doing my A-levels.

The books Connie pretended to read were in the dining-room bookcases, on either side of the fireplace.