Sentence examples for is pretext from inspiring English sources
noun
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
- The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.
All of which is pretext -- barely -- for a series of unexceptional brawls.
If my own family is any example, there's no telling what might set off a sister (or brother), especially if the religious objection is pretext.
Chastened by this incident, Kabila is pretexting a national census to postpone his exit".
Among these are pretext interviews, in which agents do not honestly represent themselves while questioning a subject's neighbors and work colleagues.
That's pretext enough for "The Roots of Hip-Hop: From Church to Gangsta" (Harte), a shrewdly chosen collection of old songs and recitations.
In my opinion, that was pretext for searching the car".
They are pretexts for the authentic errand of being outside.
Certainly they shouldn't be pretexts for racially profiled attacks on asylum seekers.
Fiorina was on tour promoting "Tough Choices" when a reporter showed her a list of people who had been pretexted.
Fio-rina was on tour promoting "Tough Choices" when a reporter showed her a list of people who had been pretexted.
"Hav-ing fired me," she said to me, "that they would then pretext me was unbelievable!" The media coverage inten-sified when Hewlett-Packard admitted that not just directors and Hewlett-Packard personnel but reporters had been pretexted.
