Sentence examples for needed to pretend from inspiring English sources

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Then a month later David Wheir kissed her, and she no longer needed to pretend.

Bourdain felt some relief, he told me: he and Busia no longer needed to "pretend".

"I had a lot of nine-to-five jobs before I realized I needed to pretend to be creative".

Perhaps conductor François-Xavier Roth – a period specialist who had the violins playing, very effectively, with no vibrato – needed to pretend this really was an opera.

Russell Hantz, arguably one of the wiliest players ever, still couldn't figure out that in order to win, he needed to pretend to be humble for five minutes during his final speech.

The "centrists" needed to pretend that there are reasonable Republicans, so they nominated him for the role, crediting him with virtues he has never shown any sign of possessing.

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You don't need to pretend to be perfect".

We don't need to pretend any longer.

It didn't need to pretend to be the post office or a butler.

They didn't need to pretend that what she wanted was unthinkable.

It doesn't need to pretend to tell the story of a changed world as well.

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