Sentence examples for pretended to implement from inspiring English sources

As one Eurocrat puts it, "they pretended to implement the human rights commitment.

For example, Baath Party apparatchiks kept private universities at bay by trying to push them outside major cities. "It's an art form, they pretend to implement reform, but all they do is create obstacles," one Damascus University professor said.

Marty pretended to know.

Others pretended to faint.

He pretended to groan.

I pretended to cry.

He only pretended to.

He pretended to be asleep.

Nobody even pretended to understand.

Some dozed, or pretended to.

Clegg pretended to flounce off.