Sentence examples for pretence of human from inspiring English sources

Any pretence of human connection between the Americans and the Iraqis not characterised by ultraviolence or the threat of it is dismissed by one particular carefully crafted scene where the (anti?)hero sneaks out of the Green Zone to chase a suspect.

Because for them, life before "donation" lacks even the pretence of humanity that Kathy has known.

Such is the imbalance of the value of human life in a country which holds up the pretence that we all have the same right to life.

Right from the start, all pretence of balance is gone.

Let's stop this pretence of prophylaxis.

They calculate the percentages, and maintain the pretence of pragmatism.

But under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, all pretence of formality has gone.

I love the pretence of it all".

The pretence of the stage neatly parallels the pretence of the conman.

At home she dropped all pretence of support.

But the pretence of historical realism ends there.