Sentence examples for make a pretense from inspiring English sources

The Egyptian regime didn't even make a pretense at deliberation or justice.

Police officers and soldiers stop drivers, make a pretense of checking their papers, and declare, "A page is missing".

Jews and Roman Catholics were allowed to build houses of worship, but the city directory didn't even make a pretense of equating them to Hartford's Protestant churches.

And in fact, if you've been following the discussion, the Republicans in the House don't even make a pretense that that's what this is about.

"Why don't we make a pretense of being nice to each other?" Still, it was a long way from the old irascibility.

LegCo meets in a chamber that is small and spare -- no gold domes or lavish marble panels to make a pretense at grandeur.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

Lawmakers in Albany never even made a pretense of considering it.

"He was not an angel; he never made a pretense of being one," she once said.

As more and more Beaujolais production went into nouveau, growers no longer made a pretense of striving for quality.

He put a stethoscope on Luke's chest and made a pretense of looking for a heartbeat, but we all knew there was nothing there.