Sentence examples for nothing to pretend from inspiring English sources

It was a way for senators who wanted to do nothing to pretend they had done something.

"So while I'd love nothing more than to pretend like this isn't happening, and to come out here and do my normal campaign speech, it would be dishonest and disingenuous to me to just move on to the next thing like this was all just a bad dream".

While Lehman's site looked studiously determined to pretend nothing was wrong, Merrill's opted for insane.

Kevin picks it up quickly, thinking that they may be able to pretend nothing happened at all.

But industry analysts and those who study marketing and consumer behavior say the stores have an incentive to pretend nothing is amiss, even as they post eye-popping sale signs.

Merline Mayers, a business analysis coordinator, fought back paranoia; Raymond Ng, her office mate, chose to pretend nothing happened at all; Ms. McIntyre, the company's office manager, wrestled with whether she should be doing more with her life.

If nothing else, it has to pretend to be a series of meditations on what living is now; some of which, in the case of A Cure for Suicide, seem true but too sophisticated to use.

They may not acknowledge that the gloomy economy has inspired their efforts, but people who study such things say the stores have an incentive to pretend nothing is amiss, even as they post eye-popping sale signs to try to move merchandise.

Yet communications companies still make lobbyists in Washington rich by trying to pretend nothing has changed.

But to pretend nothing happened… I get the redemption thing, but how do you get redemption when you don't admit you did it?

One of the worst mistakes you can make is to try to pretend nothing ever happened.