Sentence examples for pretended the question from inspiring English sources

Asked if there is a competition at quarterback, Ryan pretended the question was about cornerback and launched comically into a riff about how Darrelle Revis was assured of a starting position.

He did not pretend that the question was straightforward.

But let us not pretend that the question at hand is so easily resolved.

No single professional vocabulary — conservatorial, curatorial, legal, archival — is more important than another; nobody pretends that the questions that are encountered can be answered impartially or finally.

Mr. Mortimer, when the matter was first raised, pretended to ignore the question and then jokingly kept asking a reporter if he had tried Mrs. Mortimer's "famous meatloaf".

The philosopher Anthony Grayling, of Birkbeck College, London, also has misgivings about the aims of the Templeton Foundation, which, he believes, should not pretend that questions of religion are on the same level as those of science.

This time, Romney didn't even pretend to address the question.

It was classic Cameron to pretend to answer the question and fail to, but the audience understood he was ducking".

The April 1 episode acknowledged the mystery but didn't even pretend to answer the question.

Before the film starts, Tommy condescends to do a short Q & A. The questions often mock him: "Tommy, are you following the same fitness regime as when you made the film?" But it is impossible to know whether he actually feels mocked or whether he is pretending to misunderstand the question: "Yes, yes," he says dismissively.

But when Kimmel followed this up by asking King if he was still having sex, King pretended not to hear the question.