Sentence examples for make-believe from inspiring English sources

The word "make-believe" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to refer to something that is not real or true, but which someone pretends to believe or accept as real or true. For example, "My daughter loves to play make-believe, pretending she is a princess with magical powers."

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make-believe

noun

The quality or act of pretending; assuming something is true when in fact one knows it is not.

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It was make-believe.

It's scary make-believe".

She adds: "It's make-believe".

The game wasn't make-believe.

"It was all make-believe".

They're make-believe.

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"Get dressed to make believe".

Movie violence is make believe.

It wasn't make believe.

We can make believe.

I make believe on a professional basis.

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