Sentence examples for maintain a pretense from inspiring English sources

But unlike those movies "Adoration," Mr. Egoyan's finest film since "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), doesn't strain to maintain a pretense of naturalism.

They said he helped the White House maintain a pretense of cooperation while actually withholding evidence from the special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, and the House Judiciary Committee.

The strategy in Nixon's "Southern Strategy," of course, was to maintain a pretense of deniability while ascending to the White House on a current of racism.

The U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh in a 2007 cable titled Cambodia's Top Ten Tycoons--released by WikiLeaks--explained how the prime minister bridged political and private sectors, and maintained a pretense of civil society, by cultivating relationships with the country's most prominent tycoons.

And it took away any lingering pressure to maintain a financial facade: pretense is a good way to stay in debt.

Supposedly we were fighting for God but, of course, as you may guess, this was mostly a pretense for maintaining a status quo, hence the power of white men.

I think all teams will have pretty many good players, and they will be able to maintain the good level they have at present". They no longer maintain their team as a unit--Bykov and Khomutov play in Switzerland--and they no longer maintain the pretense of fielding a team of amateurs.

Corker's theory, which he tweeted out, was that "someone obviously missed their shift this morning" — someone, that is, who was supposed to monitor Trump's behavior, and help the Republican Party maintain the pretense that he was a fit President.

"We can't maintain the pretense that Trump is a sane and balanced adult, however much we'd like to," says Andrew Sullivan.

It seems obvious to me we can't maintain the pretense that Trump is a sane and balanced adult, however much we'd like to.

He'll be spending most of his time in a defensive crouch screaming via tweet that he is a victim, trying to simultaneously maintain the pretense that he is winning.