Sentence examples for impossible to pretend from inspiring English sources

"It's impossible to pretend you are in Beijing," Ms. Kaenel said in Mandarin, through an interpreter.

Once it became impossible to pretend that Assad might not have used chemical weapons, Obama's credibility required him to take the US response up a notch.

Fifa will rule with an iron fist and it is already almost impossible to pretend any association with the event without Fifa's say-so.

It was impossible to pretend that the first day of their first minicamp was anything close to normal for the 2004 Giants.

The Paralympics is an extraordinary combination of spirit and talent, but it is impossible to pretend that the kind of attention it is now receiving is simply about the level of spectacle it is providing.

We had crossed some line that day, after which it would be impossible to pretend that what was happening might suddenly lift, like the fog of a bad dream.

It is impossible even to pretend to misunderstand him.

If faithfully implemented (a big if), the Common Core should make it impossible for states to pretend that pupils are doing well when they are not.

The report has made it impossible for anyone to pretend, as with the Holocaust, that apartheid was not nearly as bad as it was cracked up to be.

"Some extremely unacceptable behavior took place in front of the children, which makes it impossible for us to pretend that we can be civil".

"Some threats were made, and some extremely unacceptable behavior took place in front of the children, which makes it impossible for us to pretend that we can be civil.