Sentence examples for order to pretend from inspiring English sources

He had been viewing nature as something composed and static in order to pretend he didn't belong to it.

It's only second-rate, defensive directors who lock the door of the editing suite in order to pretend they're auteurs.

But "Eating English" would be better — in order to pretend that in ingesting the powerful force of English, it's not you who's been eaten.

Rejected by Una as a lover, he compensates by taking male lovers in order to pretend to himself that he is Una, as they penetrate him.

In order to pretend to be my fiancée, and then my bride, Johanna had to spend time with me, getting to know me.

Marsh, he says, solicited false quotes from insurers in order to pretend that the bid process had been competitive, while simply channelling business to insurers that promised it the biggest commissions.

Nor was it simulating oral sex with another female member of staff whom he had ordered to pretend to masturbate in front of him.

The tape continues, and EVA reveals that The Boss did not defect to the Soviet Union; rather, she was under orders to pretend to defect so she could infiltrate Volgin's ranks and find the location of the Legacy, which could be brought back to America.

That said, one does not have to be aware that they are pretending in order to successfully pretend.

1989 Dov Charney founds the brand from his Tufts University dorm room 2006 The company floats on the New York Stock Exchange 2008 An employee sues, alleging that Charney ordered her to pretend to masturbate in front of him.

"The company had ordered employees to pretend they were satisfied customers and write glowing reviews of its facelift procedure on websites," according to The New York Times.