Sentence examples for pretend to make from inspiring English sources

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We make jokes, we pretend to make up our wills.

"I wasn't trying to pretend to make a piece of art," he added.

It's odd that we use the same word to describe those who merely pretend to make magic happen on stage.

We pretend to make evidence-based policy, but suspect that evidence is used against us by those who operate the policy machine.

She described watching her own children play in the sandbox and pretend to make food using old spice jars; out of that observation came a line of sand baking toys, like the cupcake making set.

When I was a boy, I used to get fevers like that, and my mother would sit me in an ice-cold bath and pretend to make different outfits out of washcloths (tuxedo, tank top, wetsuit), draping the freezing wet cloths over my chest, arms, and head in hope of bringing down my temperature and avoiding a trip to the emergency room.

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Most cruelly, they pretended to make friends with me.

We took the boxes back to the park and pretended to make a living room.

Ms. Wood-Rome did forgive the fines — after pretending to make a huge drama of it.

He handed it to Horn, who pretended to make a call.

Which means a family member can photograph you leaping at the wall, pretending to make a game-saving catch.

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