Sentence examples similar to pretended shock from inspiring English sources

It can hardly pretend shock when someone finally cuts the ribbon, as if this was the first manufactured racial panic to get out of control.

Just pretend shock, giggle and chuckle at their smarting off or their cute actions, they should cooperate (better than if you were to have a war of wills and serious words).

Spare me your Pretend Shock of the Old.

But there's no time for pretend shock -- tonight's the rose ceremony!

What I'm getting at, though, is that the presence of sex in fan fiction is something most commentators tend to grossly misunderstand, preferring to wave their hands in pretend shock that such weirdness could ever exist without bothering to look to at the underlying reasons.

As Peter said, audiences pretended to be shocked by behaviour on stage which was frequently nowhere near as bad as their own.

The Catholic Church in Philadelphia pretended to be shocked that some of its former students would participate in such an attack.

Not only did my teacher spill coffee on the floor, throw balls into the ceiling, pretend to get shocked, and actually shock us, but he did all of this to demonstrate centripetal force, the transfer of motion, the way current works, and the ideas behind voltage.

Lamb apologised to Farron, the aides resigned and everyone pretended to be mildly shocked by their unsporting conduct.

It is unrealistic to pretend that a shock of this size can be absorbed within days or even weeks.

He invited the world's experts to Florida and pretended the t.b. was shocking to him.