Sentence examples for pretend for example from inspiring English sources

Having reached this conclusion, he had proceeded to woo Perry, flatter him — pretend, for example, that he believed all the buried-treasure stuff and shared his beachcomber yearnings and seaport longings, none of which appealed to Dick, who wanted "a regular life," with a business of his own, a house, a horse to ride, a new car, and "plenty of blond chicken".

My six-year-old son and I were able to build simple circuits and pretend, for example, we were making a trap for his sister's dolls using a rolling switch and piezo buzzer.

For example, pretend to make cute noises, or pretend to discover your toes.

Such false certainty might be pretended by selecting, for example, one silvicultural strategy as irrevocably established and ignoring the multitude of possible management paths.

For example, pretend to fall over and act a little upset about it.

Pretend play may, for example, facilitate the ability to consider someone else's perspective and to switch between different tasks, whereas puzzle play may facilitate sustained attention to a difficult assembly task.

For example, pretend your credit debt is $5,000, and your credit card has a 15.00% APR.

For example, pretend a doll doesn't want to share with another doll, or a toy hurts another toy's feelings.

For example, pretend you are auditioning for the part of Mitchie on Camp Rock.

For example, pretend a friendly dragon is guarding your door, ready to protect you.

For example, pretend you are someone who just lost their family in a house fire.