Sentence examples for not pretended from inspiring English sources

"If I had not pretended, I would have been sent to Siberia," he said.

He has not pretended to go shooting, or driven on to Jay Leno's show on Harley.

If he was that big and strong he would have ignored Nutt and not pretended that an academic lecture on drug classification constituted a "public campaign" against him.

Smaller clubs, such as FC Augsburg, have meanwhile not pretended that they're anything but delighted with the cash injection from the UK.

He reads Presidential biographies, consumes them the way he used to consume French fries; since his reëlection, he has not pretended to be above worrying about the judgment of historians.

At least I'm honest with what I want and I have not pretended for years and then defected during an official visit, as do many artists, athletes and officials, who until yesterday were swearing allegiance to the Revolution on television.

I'm not pretending.

Let's not pretend!

We thought it better to not pretend.

I'm not pretending objectivity.

Let's not pretend here.