Sentence examples for pretence in from inspiring English sources

"There was never any pretence in her voice.

The Obama administration made little pretence in recent years that it believed Cuba was supporting terrorism.

They take joy in the simple, and see through pretence in a second.

He kept up the pretence in a series of emails and telephone calls with Vincent.

The idea was not to have any pretence in these pictures and be very straightforward".

And who better to hurl a few pages of pretence in the Nymphomaniac star's general direction than Professor James Franco.

Media leaks in the Pakistani press during the stop-start trial kept the pressure on the US, such as the publication last weekend of the names and passport details of other "Raymonds" – Americans suspected of entering Pakistan under false pretences – in a newspaper.

Like disgruntled dowagers harping on about the man who lured them under false pretences in their youth they insist they joined the Common Market, no more, and now find themselves in a union that legislates on the environment and working hours too.

However, if proposing that a believed-false proposition become common ground can mean engaging in and sustaining a "pretence," possibly in order to communicate truths, then it is not clear that this counts as making an assertion.

The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.

In its announcement on Thursday, the CPS said: "In reviewing the case we have considered whether there is sufficient evidence to allow charges of rape, indecent assault, procuring a woman to have sexual intercourse by false pretences, misconduct in public office and breaches of the Official Secrets Act.